The 2019 Global T20 Canada was the second edition of the Global T20 Canada, a professional Twenty20 cricket tournament that was played at the CAA Centre, Brampton in Ontario, Canada. It started on 25 July 2019, and concluded with the final on 11 August 2019. It was slightly later in the calendar than the previous edition of the tournament, to avoid clashing with the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Vancouver Knights were the defending champions. A new team named New York Legends were announced to replace Cricket West Indies B Team. However, the idea was later cancelled, and the Brampton Wolves were named as the sixth franchise team in June 2019.
On 26 July 2019, the start of the match between Montreal Tigers and Winnipeg Hawks was delayed by 90 minutes due to a bomb threat, when a suspicious package was found in the venue. The package was removed, with the match being reduced to twelve overs per side.
The final, between the Winnipeg Hawks and the Vancouver Knights, finished in a tie. Winnipeg Hawks won the match in the Super Over, to win their first title.
Teams and squads The following teams, squads and coaches were announced for the tournament. More than 1,000 cricketers from 42 nations were on the list for the players' draft.
Brampton Wolves Edmonton Royals Montreal Tigers Toronto Nationals Vancouver Knights Winnipeg Hawks Darren Sammy (c) Shahid Afridi Andre Fletcher Shakib Al Hasan Babar Hayat Faisal Jamkhandi Armaan Kapoor Abraash Khan Zahoor Khan Nitish Kumar Colin Munro George Munsey Rohan Mustafa Timil Patel Cecil Pervez Wahab Riaz Junaid Siddiqui Lendl Simmons Nawab Singh Ish Sodhi Mohammad Hafeez (c) Shahid Ahmadzai Richie Berrington Ben Cutting Navneet Dhaliwal Satsimranjit Dhindsa Akash Gill Davy Jacobs Shadab Khan Ehsan Nawaz Mohammad Nawaz James Neesham Kyle Phillip Faf du Plessis Anshuman Rath Sherfane Rutherford Safyaan Sharif Kane Williamson George Bailey (c) Sean Abbott Fawad Ahmed Kyle Coetzer Dinesh Chandimal Matthew Cross Ashtan Deosammy Anton Devcich Niroshan Dickwella Nikhil Dutta Alasdair Evans Ruvindu Gunasekera Dillon Heyliger Arslan Khan Nizakat Khan Scott Kuggeleijn Sunil Narine Mohammad Naveed Yax Patel Keemo Paul Thisara Perera Bhupinder Singh Steven Taylor Isuru Udana Yuvraj Singh (c) Trent Boult Manpreet Gony Jeremy Gordon Chris Green Moises Henriques Heinrich Klaasen Sandeep Lamichhane Calum MacLeod Mitchell McClenaghan Brendon McCullum Mark Montfort Salman Nazar Kieron Pollard Zishawn Qureshi Ghulam Shabber Jasdeep Singh Ravinderpal Singh Chirag Suri Rodrigo Thomas Shoaib Malik (c) Asif Ali Saad Bin Zafar Rizwan Cheema Rassie van der Dussen Chris Gayle Ali Khan Matthew Nandu Maahil Arshad Rayyan Pathan Andile Phehlukwayo Michael Rippon Andre Russell Daniel Sams JJ Smit Tim Southee Aaron Summers Harsh Thaker Tobias Visee Hayden Walsh Jr. Chadwick Walton Rayad Emrit (c) Umar Akmal Shaiman Anwar Dwayne Bravo JP Duminy Romesh Eranga Umair Ghani Mohammad Irfan Sompal Kami Chris Lynn Kaleem Sana Varun Sehdev Rameez Shahzad Dwayne Smith Sunny Sohal Hamza Tariq Paul van Meekeren Najibullah Zadran
In July 2019, Steven Taylor, Jasdeep Singh and Timil Patel withdrew from the tournament, after signing central contracts with USA Cricket. In early August, the majority of the Emirati cricketers were recalled to play in the Twenty20 International (T20I) series against the Netherlands. On 5 August 2019, Brendon McCullum announced his retirement from cricket, with the tournament being his final matches.
Points table Team Brampton Wolves 6 4 1 0 1 9 +1.951 Vancouver Knights 6 3 1 0 2 8 +0.769 Toronto Nationals 6 3 3 0 0 6 +0.271 Winnipeg Hawks 6 2 3 0 1 5 –0.722 Montreal Tigers 6 2 3 0 1 5 –1.667 Edmonton Royals 6 1 4 0 1 3 –0.548
The top four teams qualified for the playoffs Advanced to Playoff 1 Advanced to Knockout
League stage The full fixtures were confirmed on 25 June 2019.
Round 1
Round 2
Playoffs
Final
Statistics
Although matches are being played using standard Twenty20 formats, players' statistics aren't included in their official records because Cricket Canada is not a full-member of the International Cricket Council
Most runs PlayerTeamInningsRunsHigh scoreJP DuminyWinnipeg Hawks833285*Heinrich KlaasenToronto Nationals7326106*Shaiman AnwarWinnipeg Hawks829690Chris LynnWinnipeg Hawks729589Rodrigo ThomasToronto Nationals 729173Chris GayleVancouver Knights5277122* Source ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets PlayerTeamMatchesWicketsBest bowlingIsh SodhiBrampton Wolves6125/8Chris Green Toronto Nationals5113/26Shadab KhanEdmonton Royals593/23Rayad EmritWinnipeg Hawks793/40Ben CuttingEdmonton Royals583/27Saad Bin ZafarVancouver Knights684/22Jeremy GordonToronto Nationals782/36
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo