The 2023 Global T20 Canada was the third edition of Global T20 Canada, a Twenty20 professional cricket tournament that was played at the TD Cricket Arena in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The tournament began on 20 July 2023, and concluded on 6 August 2023. It was the first time the tournament has been held since 2019, as subsequent editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the final, Montreal Tigers defeated Surrey Jaguars by 5 wickets to win their first title.
Background The tournament is being held for the first time since 2019; the third Global T20 Canada tournament was originally scheduled to be hosted in 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Organizers announced plans to re-locate the tournament to the Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for 2021, but it was once again cancelled due to COVID-19.
On 16 May 2023, it was officially announced that Global T20 Canada would return for 2023, being held from 20 July to 6 August at TD Cricket Arena at CAA Centre in Brampton. Two new teams, the Surrey Jaguars and Mississauga Panthers, were announced to replace the Edmonton Royals and Winnipeg Hawks. The player draft was held on 14 June 2023, from Mumbai, with each team given a salary cap of $579,500. The availability of Pakistani players was impacted by Pakistan's test series against Sri Lanka in late July, which was expected to conflict with the tournament; it was expected that players named to the squad for the tests would not be released to participate in GT20.
Teams and squads The following teams, squads and coaches were announced for the tournament. Each team will include two "marquee" players and three Canadian players from the national team, as well as three emerging Canadian players. TeamDebutCaptainCoachBrampton Wolves2019Tim SoutheeShane BondMississauga Panthers2023Shoaib MalikLance KlusenerMontreal Tigers2018Chris LynnDav WhatmoreToronto Nationals2018Hamza Tariq Aaqib JavedSurrey Jaguars2023Iftikhar AhmedLalchand RajputVancouver Knights2018Rassie van der DussenDonovan Miller
Squads +Surrey JaguarsMississauga PanthersBrampton WolvesMontreal TigersToronto NationalsVancouver Knights Iftikhar Ahmed (c) Alex Hales Jason Behrendorff Mohammad Wasim Jr Nathan Coulter-Nile Litton Das Karim Janat Ben Cutting Mohammad Haris Sandeep Lamichane Ayaan Khan Jatinder Singh Bernard Scholtz Pargat Singh Dilon Heyliger Ammar Khalid Sunny Matharu Sheel Patel Kairav Sharma Matthew Forde Spencer Johnson Afif Hossain Shoaib Malik (c) Chris Gayle Azam Khan James Neesham Cameron Delport Shahnawaz Dahani Tom Cooper Cecil Pervez Jaskarandeep Singh Buttar Navneet Dhaliwal Nikhil Dutta Shreyas Movva Parveen Kumar Mihir Patel Ethan Gibson Zahoor Khan Usman Qadir Tim Southee (c) Harbhajan Singh Colin de Grandhomme Mark Chapman Usama Mir Hussain Talat Usman Khan Logan van Beek Jan Frylinck Max O'Dowd Jeremy Gordon Aaron Johnson Rizwan Cheema Shahid Ahamdzai Rishiv Joshi Gurpal Singh Sandhu Jan Frylinck Chris Green Chris Lynn (c) Andre Russell Shakib Al Hasan Shrefane Rutherford Carlos Brathwaite Abbas Afridi Zahir Khan Muhammad Waseem Akif Raja Aayan Khan Dipendra Airee Kaleem Sana Srimantha Wijeratne Matthew Spoors Bhupendra Singh Dilpreet Bajwa Anoop Chima Hamza Tariq (c) Colin Munro Shahid Afridi Fazalhaq Farooqi Zaman Khan Saim Ayub Abdullah Shafique Gerhard Erasmus Sikandar Raza JJ Smit Farhan Malik Saad Bin Zafar Nicholas Kirton Armaan Kapoor Sarmad Anwar Rommel Shahzad Udhaya Bhagwan Faheem Ashraf Darren Bravo Rassie van der Dussen (c) Mohammad Rizwan Vriitya Aravind Fakhar Zaman Naveen-ul-Haq Reeza Hendricks Corbin Bosch Najibullah Zadran Kartik Meiyappan Ruben Trumpelmann Junaid Siddique Ravinderpal Singh Harsh Thaker Rayyan Pathan Nawab Singh Muhammad Kamal Kanwarpal Tathgur Fabian Allen In June 2023, Karim Janat and Jason Behrendorff withdrew from the tournament and were replaced by Ben Cutting and Mohammad Wasim Jr.@GT20Canada (23 June 2023). ''Reinforcements have arrived''(Tweet).Retrieved 23 June 2023 – via Twitter
Points table The tournament will follow a round-robin format in the league stage wherein each team plays seven games, and the top four teams will qualify for the playoffs.
Advanced to the Qualifier
Advanced to the Eliminator
Fixtures The tournament fixture was announced on 27 June 2023.
Play-offs
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 scoreChris LynnMontreal Tigers923464Sherfane RutherfordMontreal Tigers922084Colin MunroToronto Nationals421278Mohammad RizwanVancouver Knights519068Jatinder SinghSurrey Jaguars 818357Iftikhar AhmedSurrey Jaguars 818347 Source ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets PlayerTeamMatchesWicketsBest bowlingMatthew FordeSurrey Jaguars8154/16Junaid Siddique Vancouver Knights8154/22Ruben TrumpelmannVancouver Knights8134/25Logan Van BeekBrampton Wolves 7124/12Sandeep LamichhaneSurrey Jaguars8113/6Corbin BoschVancouver Knights8113/11Carlos BrathwaiteMontreal Tigers9114/21 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Broadcasting The competition is being broadcast on the following television and streaming services around the globe: LocationTelevision broadcaster(s)StreamingAustralia Fox Sportsfoxsports.com.au cricket.com.auCanadaCBC Television CBC GemUnited Kingdom Free SportsBangladesh T SportsT Sports appIndia Nepal Star Sports FancodeMiddle EastBein SportsPakistanA SportsAry ZapSouth AfricaSuperSportUnited StatesMAQ TVOther regionsKwesé SportsDAZN
References
External links
Series home at ESPNcricinfo