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2019–20 National T20 Cup

Dates	13 – 24 October 2019
Administrator(s)	Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Final
Host(s)	Pakistan
Champions	Northern (1st title)
Participants	6
Matches	18
Player of the series	Mohammad Rizwan
Most runs	Awais Zia (276)
Most wickets	Sohail Tanvir (14)
Official website	www.pcb.com.pk
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The 2019–20 National T20 Cup was a Twenty20 domestic cricket competition that was played in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan from 13 to 24 October 2019. Lahore Whites were the defending champions. It was the sixteenth season of the National T20 Cup in Pakistan, and took place during a break in Pakistan's domestic first-class tournament, the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. The same six teams playing in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy played in the T20 Cup, with the top four progressing to the semi-finals.

Following the conclusion of the round-robin stage, Northern, Balochistan, Southern Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa finished in the top four places in the group. Northern were drawn against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the first semi-final, while Balochistan drawn against Southern Punjab in the second semi-final.

In the first semi-final, Northern beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by three runs. In the second semi-final, Balochistan beat Southern Punjab by three wickets to advance to the final. Northern won the tournament, beating Balochistan by 52 runs in the final. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Mohammad Rizwan was named the player of the tournament, for scoring 215 runs and taking six wickets.

Points table

Fixtures

Round-robin

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
• Akif Javed (Balochistan) made his T20 debut.

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
• Naseem Shah (Central Punjab) made his T20 debut.

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

• Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
• Waleed Ahmed (Sindh) made his T20 debut.

• Northern won the toss and elected to bat.

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.

• Northern won the toss and elected to bat.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to a wet outfield.

• Northern won the toss and elected to field.
• Northern were set a revised target of 101 runs from 12 overs due to rain.

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.

• Northern won the toss and elected to field.

Finals

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Ambitious and competitive 2019-20 domestic cricket season unveiled". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
2. "PCB unveils new domestic set-up with 'stay at the top' mantra". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
3. "Lahore Whites beat Rawalpindi to clinch National T20 Cup 2018". Samaa. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
4. "PCB likely to split Quaid-e-Azam Trophy to create T20 window". Geo TV. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
5. "National T20 Cup 2019 - schedule of press conferences". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
6. "Ali Imran, Rohail Nazir help Northern to seven-wicket win over Balochistan". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
7. "Haris Rauf takes Northern into the final of the National T20 Cup". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
8. "Amad Butt's last over heroics take Balochistan into the final". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
9. "Umar Amin, allrounders star as Northern power through to title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
10. "Northern beat Balochistan to be crowned National T20 Cup champions". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
11. "National T20 Cup 2019: Points table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2019.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

• 2019 in Pakistani cricket
• 2019 in Punjab, Pakistan
• 21st century in Faisalabad
• Cricket in Faisalabad
• Domestic cricket competitions in 2019–20
• National Twenty20 Cup seasons
• October 2019 sports events in Pakistan
• Pakistani cricket seasons from 2000–01