Global T20 Canada

Global T20 Canada
Countries Canada
Administrator Cricket Canada
Format 20-over cricket
First tournament 2018
Tournament format Round-robin and playoffs
Number of teams 6
Current champion Vancouver Knights (1st title)
Most successful Vancouver Knights (1 title)
Most runs Lendl Simmons (321)
Most wickets Sheldon Cottrell (16)
Website www.gt20.ca

The Global T20 Canada is a 20-over cricket tournament played in Canada.[1] The first edition of the tournament took place during June and July 2018 with six teams competing.[1] Each team featured four local Canadian cricketers in each squad, along with international players.[2] The Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Sunnybrook Park and the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in Toronto were named as potential venues to host matches for the first season of the competition.[3]

The International Cricket Council (ICC) sanctioned the tournament in February 2018, and it is the first fully sanctioned T20 league in North America outside of the Caribbean.[4] Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, was pleased with the ICC's decision to approve the league.[5]

In May 2018, Cricket Canada announced that the inaugural edition of the tournament would start on 28 June, with the final being held on 15 July 2018.[6] Vancouver Knights won the tournament, beating Cricket West Indies B Team by seven wickets in the final.[7]

Teams

References

  1. 1 2 "Cricket Canada announces ICC-approved T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "ICC gives green light to Global T20 Canada League, Justin Trudeau wishes luck". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Cricket Canada delighted with ICC approval for Global T20". ANI News. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "ICC Gives Go Ahead To Global Twenty20 Canada". NDTV. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Justin Trudeau Pleased With ICC Approval For Canada's T20 League". News18. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Cricket Canada's inaugural T20 league to begin in June". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Chris Gayle-led Vancouver Knights win inaugural Global T20 Canada cricket title". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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