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Twenty20 cricket competitions

West Indies (Caribbean): Caribbean Premier League
Bangladesh: Bangladesh Premier League
Hong Kong: Hong Kong T20 Blitz
India: Indian Premier League
Pakistan: Pakistan Super League
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Premier League
United Arab Emirates: Masters Champions League and T10 League (10 overs)
England: NatWest T20 Blast
Australia: Big Bash League
New Zealand: Super Smash
South Africa: T20 Global League and Africa T20 Cup.
 
Finalised squads list for Pakistan Super League 2018:

Lahore Qalandars: Umar Akmal, Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Brendon McCullum (c), Fakhar Zaman, Mustafizur Rahman, Yasir Shah, Sohail Khan, Bilal Asif, Cameron Deport, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti, Raza Hasan, Sohail Akhtar, Imran Khan jr., Shaheen Shah Afridi, Ghulam Mudassar, Salman Irshad.
Supplementary: Anton Devcich, Mitch McClenaghan, Gulraiz Sadaf.
Cover: Dinesh Ramdin for Mustafizur Rahman.

Karachi Kings: Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Colin Ingram, Imad Wasim (c), Babar Azam, Tymal Mills, Mohammad Rizwan, Ravi Bopara, Joe Denly, Usman Shinwari, Usama Mir, Khurram Manzoor, David Wiese, Tabish Khan, Mohammad Irfan jr., Hasan Mohsin, Mohammad Taha, Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro.
Supplementary: Lendl Simmons, Eoin Morgan, Saifullah Bangash.

Islamabad United: Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Andre Russell, JP Duminy, Samuel Badree, Mohammad Sami, Luke Ronchi, Rumman Raees, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Asif Ali, Sam Billings, Zafar Gohar, Sahibzada Farhan, Hussain Talat, Rohail Nazir.
Supplementary: Alex Hales, David Willey, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Hasnain.
Cover: Asela Gunaratne for JP Duminy, Steve Finn for David Willey, Chadwick Walton for Sam Billings.

Peshawar Zalmi: Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Dwayne Bravo, Shakib al Hasan, Kamran Akmal, Tamim Iqbal, Darren Sammy (c), Hasan Ali, Hammad Azam, Haris Sohail, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Asghar, Saad Nasim, Taimoor Sultan, Sameen Gul, Ibtisam Sheikh, Khushdil Shah.
Supplementary: Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis, Khalid Usman, Mohammad Arif.
Cover: Dwayne Smith for DJ Bravo and Tamim Iqbal, Liam Dawson for Shakib al Hasan.

Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Kevin Pietersen, Shane Watson, Rilee Rossouw, Mahmudullah, Jofra Archer, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Nawaz, Rahat Ali, Anwar Ali, Mir Hamza, Umar Amin, Rameez Raja jr., Saad Ali, Saud Shakeel, Hasan Khna, Mohammad Junaid.
Supplementary: Jason Roy, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Azam Khan, Faraz Ahmed.
Cover: John Hastings for Mahmudullah, Albie Morkel for Jason Roy, Chris Green for Rashid Khan, Ben Laughlin for Jofra Archer.

Multan Sultans: Shoaib Malik (c), Kieron Pollard, Imran Tahir, Kumar Sangakkara, Sohail Tanvir, Darren Bravo, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Ahmed Shehzad, Kashif Bhatti, Irfan Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Mohammad Abbas, Nicolas Pooran, Shan Masood, Abdullah Shafique, Saif Badar.
Supplementary: Hardus Viljoen, Umar Gul, Umar Siddiq, Ross Whiteley
Cover: Zahir Khan for Nicolas Pooran, Thisara Perera for Imran Tahir.
 
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Pakistan Super League 2018 Schedule
http://pakistansuperleague.com.pk/pakistan-super-league-psl-schedule/

Date Matches Time (PST) Venue
Thursday, February 22 Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans 10:00 pm Dubai
Friday, February 23 Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators 4:30 pm Dubai
Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars 9:00 pm
Saturday, February 24 Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi 4:30 pm Dubai
Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars 9:00 pm
Sunday, February 25 Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United 4:30 pm Dubai
Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi 9:00 pm
Monday, February 26 Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars 9:00 pm Dubai
Wednesday, February 28 Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators 9:00 pm Sharjah
Thursday, March 1 Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi 9:00 pm Sharjah
Friday, March 2 Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings 4:30 pm Sharjah
Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United 9:00 pm
Saturday, March 3 Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators 4:30 pm Sharjah
Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars 9:00 pm
Sunday, March 4 Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings 9:00 pm Sharjah
Tuesday March 6 Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans 9:00 pm Dubai
Wednesday, March 7 Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators 9:00 pm Dubai
Thursday, March 8 Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars 4:30 pm Dubai
Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators 9:00 pm
Friday, March 9 Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars 4:30 pm Dubai
Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United 9:00 pm
Saturday, March 10 Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings 4:30 pm Dubai
Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators 9:00 pm
Sunday, March 11 Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars 9:00 pm Dubai
Tuesday March 13 Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United 9:00 pm Sharjah
Wednesday, March 14 Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars 9:00 pm Sharjah
Thursday, March 15 Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings 4:30 pm Sharjah
Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United 9:00 pm
Friday, March 16 Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars 4:30 pm Sharjah
Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings 9:00 pm
Play-Offs
Sunday, March 18 Qualifier – Team 1 vs Team 2 Dubai
Tuesday March 20 Eliminator 1 – Team 3 vs Team 4 Lahore
Wednesday, March 21 Eliminator 2 – Eliminator 1 Winner vs Qualifier Loser Lahore
Sunday, March 25 Final
 
The 2018 Hong Kong T20 Blitz (6-11 February, 2018)

[Hong Kong]: A record 27 overseas players are set to join Hong Kong's best domestic talent as final squads were confirmed ahead of the 2018 Hong Kong T20 Blitz set to be played from February 6-11.

Ten overseas stars from the 2017 edition have returned for a second time, including headliners Kumar Sangakkara (Galaxy Gladiators), Darren Sammy (Jaguars) and Dwayne Smith (Cantons), providing another opportunity for Hong Kong local players to learn from the world's best.

“I loved the previous season of the Blitz, and cannot wait to represent Gladiators for the second time running. I’m super excited to get back with the team,” said Kumar Sangakkara.

“I loved the Hong Kong experience and vibe and to come again and play with the home-grown talent in front of such enthusiastic supporters is something I am looking forward to."

Defending champions Kowloon Cantons have gone to pace in their bid for a three-peat with Pakistan's Wahab Riaz set to play in the Blitz for the first time.

They won't be the only side with pace to burn, with Hong Kong Island United securing 216cm quick Mohammad Irfan, while the Galaxy will have young gun Jofra Archer, who has been bowling in excess of 150km/h in the Big Bash League, in their armoury.

City Kaitak boast a wealth of international experience with West Indies’ Rayad Emrit returning to the franchise and supported by Sohail Tavir, Ravi Bopara, Samuel Badree and Kyle Coetzer, who was the second leading run-scorer in the tournament last year.

"The depth of talent in this year's overseas draft is incredible," Tournament Director Matt Stiller said.

"The franchise owners have done fantastically well to assemble these squads, which are sure to provide a great spectacle for cricket fans in Hong Kong."

To encourage the continued development of emerging cricket nations and Chinese cricket, each squad is required to field one overseas Associate player and one Cricket Hong Kong Dragons player.

The franchises have embraced this vision wholeheartedly according to Stiller.

"It's great to see franchises promoting the Associate member nations, not only by raising the profile of the tournament in Hong Kong, but by including players like Paul Van Meekeren and Scotland captain Coetzer, who will make up integral parts of the playing XI's.

"We're expecting a great show with sold out crowds on the weekend," he said.

Over 120 sixes were hit over five days of the tournament last year and that number is expected to increase with some enormous hitting power signed on.

HKI United's Kamran Akmal is one of the most notable with 145 sixes in his T20 career alone, while Galaxy's Cameron Delport smashed 109 off 59 balls for Leicestershire in England's T20 Blast last season.

And not to be forgotten is the hitting power of the locals, with Hong Kong captain Babar Hayat coming in off the back of being the leading run scorer in Nepal's Everest T20 League and Nizakat Khan looking to repeat the dose of his whirlwind century against City Kaitak in last year's Blitz.

The international broadcast community has also approved the field with numerous international broadcasters set to air the T20 Blitz to more than 175 million homes worldwide in February.

The finale weekend of the 2017 Blitz sold out early and with Cricket Hong Kong making tickets to the weekday matches available at just $20, seats are expected to be scarce.
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Cricket Hong Kong T20 Blitz Squads

City Kaitak

Overseas: Samuel Badree (WI), Rayad Emrit (WI), Sohail Tanvir (Pak), Ravi Bopara (Eng), Kyle Coetzer (Sco)
Domestic Players: Anshuman Rath, Aizaz Khan (c), Waqas Barkat, Jamie Atkinson, Manjinder Singh, Ishtiaq Muhammad, Umar Mohammad, Raag Kapur, Mudassar Hussain, Siegfried Wai


Galaxy Gladiators Lantau

Overseas Players: Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Seekkuge Prasanna (SL), James Franklin (NZ), Cameron Delport (RSA), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Chetan Suryawanshi (SGP)
Domestic Players: Karandeep Singh, Haroon Arshad, Imran Arif, Shahid Wasif, Amandeep Singh, Li Kai-ming, Moner Dar, Muhammad Balal, Mohammed Osama, Awais Mohammad


Hong Kong Island United

Overseas players: Kamran Akmal (Pak), Mohammad Irfan (Pak), David Wiese (RSA), Luke Ronchi (NZ), Hussain Talat (Pak), Ryan Ten Doeschate (NED)
Domestic Players: Tanwir Afzaal, Ehsan Khan, Yasim Murtaza, Zeeshan Ali, Daniyal Bukhari, Ahsan Abbsai, Suhaib Ahmad, Jason Lui, Chris Carter, Hamed Khan


Hung Hom Jaguars

Overseas players: Darren Sammy (WI), Ben Laughlin (Aus), Riki Wessels (Eng), Johan Botha (RSA/Sydney Sixers), Roelof van der Merwe (Ned)
Domestic Players: Kinchit Shah (Capt), Nizakat Khan, Tanveer Ahmed, Adil Mehmood, Kyle Christie, Ninad Deveng Shah, Nadeem Ahmed, Scott Mckechnie, Damien Yee, Aarush Bhagwat, Rana Nasrulla


Kowloon Cantons

Overseas Players: Dwayne Smith (WI), Wahab Riaz (Pak), Samit Patel (Eng), Ashar Zaidi (Eng), Paul van Meekeren (Ned)
Domestic Players: Babar Hayat (c), Ehsan Nawaz, Waqas Khan, Ryan Buckley, Adeel Shafrique, Hussain Butt, Hassan Khan, Simandeep Singh, Sunny Bhimsaria, Saad Mahmood, Bobby Chan
 
http://www.cricketzine.com/hong-kong-t20-blitz-2018-live-streaming-tv-channel/

Hong Kong T20 Blitz 2018 Live Streaming & TV Channel, HK T20 Blitz Live Telecast, Broadcasting Rights

NEO Prime and DSport to broadcast live coverage of Hong Kong T20 Blitz 2018 in India and its subcontinent (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan) countries. Cricket viewers in the United Kingdom can watch Hong Kong T20 Blitz 2018 on BT Sport and their digital platform (Website, App). Chinese-owned StarTimes has bagged exclusive television rights in Africa, while Fox Sports will telecast five-team tournament in Australia.

OSN Sports Cricket HD will telecast tournament coverage in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Countries, which includes – Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, and Yemen.

ESPN Caribbean have TV rights to provide live coverage of matches in Caribbean countries, which includes – Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, and US Virgin Islands.

Sunset + Vine is the official broadcaster for Hong Kong T20 Blitz 2018. Sunset+Vine to telecast live coverage of Hong Kong World Sixes around the world; all matches streamed live on Hong Kong Cricket Association’s YouTube channel.

Sunset+Vine is the official television and media producer and distributor for the ICC – International Cricket Council major events.

Hong Kong T20 Blitz is a Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament scheduled to hold its third edition from February 06 to February 11, 2018. The tournament has extended to a five-team competition from the inaugural four with the event held over six days at Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground in Mong Kok
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KAITAK 132/6 (20.0 Ovs)
HHJ 138/4 (17.4 Ovs)
Hung Hom JD Jaguars won by 6 wkts
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Ben Laughlin
 
Coetzer scores first T20 century as City Kaitak bounce back to beat HKI United; defending champions Kowloon Cantons overcome Galaxy Gladiators Lantau

[Hong Kong, 7 February 2018]: Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer hit his maiden century in the Twenty20 format as City Kaitak bounced back from their day one defeat to beat Hong Kong Island United by 26 runs in the Hong Kong T20 Blitz, presented by KPMG, at Mission Road.

In the second match of day two, defending champions Kowloon Cantons got their title defence off to a winning start with a 31-run victory over Galaxy Gladiators Lantau.

Coetzer hit 100 off 65 balls, with three sixes and 14 fours as his team piled up an imposing score of 195 for four off their 20 overs.

England’s Ravi Bopara contributed an unbeaten 48 from 30 balls and Hong Kong’s Anshuman Rath hit 35 as Kaitak made up for their tentative batting performance in their defeat by Hung Hom JD Jaguars on Tuesday.

“I’m very proud to score a century,” said Coetzer, who had a high score of 87 in the 2017 Blitz but was unable to reach his century.

“I was on 99 for a while and missed five or six balls, but I was really happy that I could make my first T20 century in Hong Kong.”

Dutchman Ryan ten Doeschate was United’s most successful bowler with three wickets for 42 runs. United’s giant Pakistani ace Mohammad Irfan gave away 34 runs in his four overs.

City Kaitak needed the victory because defeat would have left them with two losses in their first two matches and a slim chance of making it to the final.

Last year’s runners-up are now back in the competition and looking forward to their final two games.

“We are just taking it one match at a time. We are happy with our score and the way we bowled and we are confident we have the players to do the job,” said Rath.

Cantons put on an excellent bowling performance to restrict Gladiators in their run chase. The defending champions scored 158 in their innings, losing their 10th wicket on the final ball. With last year’s century-maker Dwayne Smith managing only 10 and captain Babar Hayat scoring 17, the Cantons struggled to make runs.

New Zealand’s James Franklin was the pick of the bowlers, taking three wickets for 21 runs, with Arshad Mohammad and Imran Arif grabbing two each as Cantons looked to be at least 20 runs too short.

Galaxy, after all, had the likes of Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara in their batting line-up. But Cantons had Pakistani ace Wahab Riaz as their spearhead bowler.

Cameron Delport was out first ball of their innings and Galaxy never truly recovered. Sangakkara departed for 14 with only New Zealand’s Anton Devcich (26) and Munir Dar (28) collecting more than 20 runs. Galaxy were all out for 127 runs in 19 overs with Riaz conceding a measly 14 runs in his four overs for four wickets.

“We need to improve our batting but we were always confident with our bowlers that we would defend that total,” said Cantons skipper Hayat.

“It was good to get an opening win and now we’re looking forward to our next matches.”

Sangakkara said Galaxy had every chance to win the match:
“I think their total was about 20 runs below par but the match was ours to win but we didn’t bat very well,” said Sangakkara, a former T20 World Cup winner with Sri Lanka.

Cantons return to Mission Road on Thursday for their second match on day three of the competition when they take on Hung Hom JD Jaguars in the morning match, starting at 10am.

The afternoon game at 2pm sees Hong Kong Island United playing Galaxy Gladiators Lantau, with both teams looking for their first victory.
 
Canada planning T20 league on the lines of the IPL
https://sports.ndtv.com/indian-prem...anning-t20-league-on-the-lines-of-ipl-1813177

anada could have its own version of the Indian Premier League T20 cricket soon. With the population of Indian, Pakistan and Caribbean immigrants growing fast in the country, Indian-origin Toronto businessman Roy Singh, who has interests in gold exploration in Guyana, says his mission is to launch the Canadian Premier League. "I have watched the huge success of the Indian Premier League and we can do the same in Canada and the US," said Roy Singh, who has already set up the Canadian Premier League T20 to set the ball rolling for T20 cricket in this country. In fact, he did a test run in Montreal for the proposed Canadian Premier League some time ago. The only thing coming in the way is the lack of infrastructure for cricket, he said.

To address this problem, Roy Singh has undertaken to build an indoor stadium near Niagara Falls.

"We are buying 153 acres of land for building the indoor stadium. It is just eight minutes from Niagara Falls. It is a big-budget venue," he said.

The fully operational Canadian Premier League will have 27 matches every season. "We will have 10 teams in two divisions."

Singh said, "As a cricket-loving businessman, I see a big business opportunity in T20 cricket. But a lot of costs are involved... you need a stadium to bring fans and start broadcasting."

Like the IPL, the Canadian Premier League will bank on sponsorships, merchandising, gate collections and broadcasting rights to become profitable, he added.

"Broadcasters can get an estimated 27 million viewers in North America alone. We will also sell broadcasting rights in India, the Caribbean and elsewhere," Roy Singh said.

He also added, "I know Viv (Richards), Richie (Richardson), Clive (Lloyd), Denesh Ramdin, Dwayne Bravo, etc.." And he plans to bring top cricketers from the West Indies to promote the league.

Canada staged its first T20 national league in May 2008.

Interestingly, Canada was the first country to play a Test match way back in 1844. It was a three-day match played against the US from September 25-27 of that year at St George's Club in New York, with Canada winning by 23 runs.

However, in cricket book records, the first Test match is the one between Australia and England in Melbourne in 1877.

Moreover, cricket was Canada's official sport more than 150 years ago before it was dethroned by NHL. And the sport's governing body -- the Canadian Cricket Association -- was set up in 1892.

But cricket has staged a major comeback in the country as many first-class players from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean have moved to this country.

In 2008, the Canadian government also recognised cricket as a national sport with promises of federal funding.
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DanDango said:
Twenty20 cricket competitions

West Indies (Caribbean): Caribbean Premier League
Bangladesh: Bangladesh Premier League
Hong Kong: Hong Kong T20 Blitz
India: Indian Premier League
Pakistan: Pakistan Super League
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Premier League
United Arab Emirates: Masters Champions League and T10 League (10 overs)
England: NatWest T20 Blast
Australia: Big Bash League
New Zealand: Super Smash
South Africa: T20 Global League and Africa T20 Cup.
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Guptill, Simmons biggest picks in CPL 2018 draft
http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-new...lendl-simmons-biggest-picks-in-cpl-2018-draft

New Zealand opener Martin Guptill and Windies opener Lendl Simmons were the biggest picks, with Barbados Tridents and St Lucia Stars going for them in the first round of the Caribbean Premier League 2018 drafts on Thursday (March 1). The likes of Sohail Tanvir (Guyana Amazon Warriors), Andre Russell (Jamaica Tallawahs), Chris Gayle (St Kitts and Nevis Patriots) and Dwayne Bravo (Trinbago Knight Riders) were retained by their respective sides for the first round of draft pick.

While the retained players have bagged a contract of USD 160,000, Guptill was snapped for USD 90,000 by St Lucia Stars who finished last in the previous season, and Simmons was picked for USD 70,000. With each of the six teams expected to have 18-member squads, 47 were picked from the drafts while 61 were already retained.

In a season which witnessed the highest number of transfers, Kieron Pollard was the biggest earner. After having led the Jamaica Tallawahs for four seasons, he asked the franchise to release him. St Lucia Stars picked him for USD 130,000.

Among the marquee players, Shahid Afridi (Jamaica Tallawahs), Shoaib Malik (Guyana Amazon Warriors), Evin Lewis (St Kitts and Nevis Patriots) and Chris Lynn (Trinbago Knight Riders) directly negotiated with the respective franchises and did not enter the draft process.

Legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane, who was picked in the IPL auction earlier this year, became the first Nepal player to be picked in a CPL draft, after the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots signed him for USD 5,000. The teenage legspinner hadn't set a base price before entering the auction.
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