2023 Global T20 Canada

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.

2023 Global T20 Canada
Dates20 July – 6 August 2023
Administrator(s)Cricket Canada
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and playoffs
Host(s) Canada
ChampionsMontreal Tigers (1st title)
Participants6
Matches25
Player of the seriesSherfane Rutherford (Montreal Tigers)
Most runsChris Lynn (Montreal Tigers) (234)
Most wicketsMatthew Forde (Surrey Jaguars) (15)
Junaid Siddique (Vancouver Knights) (15)
Official websitewww.gt20.ca
2019
2024

In the final, Montreal Tigers defeated Surrey Jaguars by 5 wickets to win their first title.[1]

Background

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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.[2] Organizers announced plans to re-locate the tournament to the Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for 2021,[3] but it was once again cancelled due to COVID-19.[4]

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.[5] Two new teams, the Surrey Jaguars and Mississauga Panthers, were announced to replace the Edmonton Royals and Winnipeg Hawks.[6][7] The player draft was held on 14 June 2023 from Mumbai, with each team given a salary cap of $579,500.[8] 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.[9]

Teams and squads

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The following teams, squads and coaches were announced for the tournament. Each side will include two "marquee" players and three Canadian players from the national side, as well as three emerging Canadian players.[10]

Team Debut Captain Coach
Brampton Wolves 2019 Tim Southee Shane Bond
Mississauga Panthers 2023 Shoaib Malik Lance Klusener
Montreal Tigers 2018 Chris Lynn Dav Whatmore
Toronto Nationals 2018 Hamza Tariq Aaqib Javed
Surrey Jaguars 2023 Iftikhar Ahmed Lalchand Rajput
Vancouver Knights 2018 Rassie van der Dussen Donovan Miller

Squads

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Surrey Jaguars Mississauga Panthers Brampton Wolves Montreal Tigers Toronto Nationals Vancouver Knights

In June 2023, Karim Janat and Jason Behrendorff withdrew from the tournament and were replaced by Ben Cutting and Mohammad Wasim Jr.[11]

Points table

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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.

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Surrey Jaguars 7 4 1 0 2 10 1.669
2 Vancouver Knights 7 4 2 0 1 9 0.600
3 Montreal Tigers 7 4 2 0 1 9 0.312
4 Brampton Wolves 7 3 2 0 2 8 0.360
5 Toronto Nationals 7 2 4 0 1 5 −0.116
6 Mississauga Panthers 7 0 6 0 1 1 −2.756
Source: ESPNcricinfo

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Fixtures

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The tournament fixture was announced on 27 June 2023.[12][13]

Match 1
20 July 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mississauga Panthers
121 (20 overs)
v
Brampton Wolves
99/1 (9 overs)
Azam Khan 65 (55)
Logan van Beek 4/12 (4 overs)
Aaron Johnson 48* (26)
Zahoor Khan 1/14 (1 overs)
Brampton Wolves won by 52 runs (DLS method)
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Leslie Reifer (WI)
Player of the match: Logan van Beek (Brampton Wolves)
  • Brampton Wolves won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to bad light

Match 2
21 July 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Toronto Nationals
151/3 (15 overs)
v
Vancouver Knights
142/4 (15 overs)
Colin Munro 78* (45)
Corbin Bosch 1/25 (3 overs)
Rassie van der Dussen 51 (24)
Gerhard Erasmus 2/26 (3 overs)
Toronto Nationals won by 9 runs
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Bijal Patel (Can) and Carl Tuckett (WI)
Player of the match: Colin Munro (Toronto Nationals)
  • Vancouver Knights won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.

Match 3
21 July 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Surrey Jaguars
136/6 (20 overs)
v
Montreal Tigers
141/5 (18.3 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 40* (44)
Shakib Al Hasan 3/18 (4 overs)
Montreal Tigers won by 5 wickets
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Leslie Reifer (WI)
Player of the match: Dilpreet Bajwa (Montreal Tigers)
  • Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

Match 4
22 July 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Mississauga Panthers
158/6 (20 overs)
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Vancouver Knights
159/5 (20 overs)
Azam Khan 64 (35)
Corbin Bosch 2/23 (4 overs)
Harsh Thaker 75* (54)
Parveen Kumar 2/29 (4 overs)
Vancouver Knights won by 5 wickets
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Rohan Shah (Can)
Player of the match: Harsh Thaker (Vancouver Knights)
  • Vancouver Knights won the toss and elected to field.

Match 5
22 July 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Toronto Nationals
142/8 (20 overs)
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Brampton Wolves
146/9 (19.5 overs)
Nicholas Kirton 50 (40)
Logan van Beek 3/27 (4 overs)
Hussain Talat 44 (33)
Zaman Khan 3/24 (4 overs)
Brampton Wolves won by 1 wicket
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Bijal Patel (Can) and Carl Tuckett (WI)
Player of the match: Hussain Talat (Brampton Wolves)
  • Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 6
23 July 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Mississauga Panthers
140/6 (20 overs)
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Montreal Tigers
141/3 (15.5 overs)
James Neesham 54* (35)
Kaleem Sana 3/8 (4 overs)
Chris Lynn 64* (45)
Jaskaran Singh 1/12 (1 over)
Montreal Tigers won by 7 wickets
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Bijal Patel (Can) and Leslie Reifer (WI)
Player of the match: Kaleem Sana (Montreal Tigers)
  • Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

Match 7
23 July 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Brampton Wolves
50/3 (7.2 overs)
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Surrey Jaguars
Usman Khan 29 (26)
Matthew Forde 1/6 (2 overs)
No result
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Carl Tuckett (WI)
  • Surrey Jaguars won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

Match 8
25 July 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Surrey Jaguars
141/6 (18 overs)
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Toronto Nationals
121/9 (18 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 47 (35)
Saad Bin Zafar 2/14 (4 overs)
Colin Munro 43 (27)
Matthew Forde 4/29 (4 overs)
Surrey Jaguars won by 20 runs
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Matthew Forde (Surrey Jaguars)
  • Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.

Match 9
25 July 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Vancouver Knights
149/4 (20 overs)
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Montreal Tigers
153/4 (18.1 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 73 (53)
Carlos Brathwaite 2/20 (4 overs)
Sherfane Rutherford 84* (53)
Fabian Allen 2/18 (2 overs)
Montreal Tigers won by 6 wickets
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Sherfane Rutherford (Montreal Tigers)
  • Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

Match 10
26 July 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Mississauga Panthers
115/9 (20 overs)
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Toronto Nationals
118/4 (13.2 overs)
Shoaib Malik 37 (37)
Saad Bin Zafar 3/31 (4 overs)
Colin Munro 67 (31)
Nikhil Dutta 2/36 (4 overs)
Toronto Nationals won by 6 wickets
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Leslie Reifer (WI) and Rohan Shah (Can)
Player of the match: Colin Munro (Toronto Nationals)
  • Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 11
26 July 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Brampton Wolves
143 (19.5 overs)
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Montreal Tigers
128 (19.1 overs)
Colin de Grandhomme 56 (40)
Aayan Afzal Khan 4/21 (4 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 28 (21)
Logan van Beek 3/20 (4 overs)
Brampton Wolves won by 15 runs
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Bijal Patel (Can) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Colin de Grandhomme (Brampton Wolves)
  • Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

Match 12
28 July 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Brampton Wolves
129/9 (20 overs)
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Vancouver Knights
133/1 (17.1 overs)
Chris Green 23 (24)
Ruben Trumpelmann 4/25 (4 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 52* (42)
Logan van Beek 1/18 (3 overs)
Vancouver Knights won by 9 wickets
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Leslie Reifer (WI) and Carl Tuckett (WI)
Player of the match: Ruben Trumpelmann (Vancouver Knights)
  • Vancouver Knights won the toss and elected to field.

Match 13
28 July 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Surrey Jaguars
164/6 (20 overs)
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Mississauga Panthers
109 (17 overs)
Jatinder Singh 57 (45)
Zahoor Khan 3/36 (4 overs)
Cameron Delport 33 (21)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/18 (3 overs)
Surrey Jaguars won by 55 runs
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Bijal Patel (Can)
Player of the match: Jatinder Singh (Surrey Jaguars)
  • Mississauga Panthers won the toss and elected to field.

Match 14
29 July 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Toronto Nationals
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Montreal Tigers
Match abandoned
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

Match 15
29 July 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Vancouver Knights
v
Surrey Jaguars
Match abandoned
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to wet outfield.

Match 16
30 July 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Brampton Wolves
v
Mississauga Panthers
Match abandoned
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to wet outfield.

Match 17
30 July 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Montreal Tigers
77/2 (6 overs)
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Toronto Nationals
54/2 (6 overs)
Chris Lynn 38* (18)
Faheem Ashraf 1/13 (1 over)
JJ Smit 16 (9)
Montreal Tigers won by 23 runs
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Montreal Tigers)
  • Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 6 overs per side due to rain.

Match 18
1 August 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Brampton Wolves
128/9 (20 overs)
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Surrey Jaguars
132/4 (18.1 overs)
Colin de Grandhomme 34 (34)
Ammar Khalid 2/17 (4 overs)
Litton Das 59 (45)
Chris Green 1/22 (4 overs)
Surrey Jaguars won by 6 wickets
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Leslie Reifer (WI)
Player of the match: Litton Das (Surrey Jaguars)
  • Surrey Jaguars won the toss and elected to field.

Match 19
1 August 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Montreal Tigers
99 (18.3 overs)
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Vancouver Knights
103/1 (14.5 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 28 (24)
Ruben Trumpelmann 3/8 (4 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 68* (54)
Andre Russell 1/20 (3 overs)
Vancouver Knights won by 9 wickets
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Leslie Reifer (WI)
Player of the match: Ruben Trumpelmann (Vancouver Knights)
  • Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 20
2 August 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Mississauga Panthers
56 (14.3 overs)
v
Surrey Jaguars
59/2 (9 overs)
Shreyas Movva 17 (14)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/6 (4 overs)
Mohammad Haris 37* (28)
Usman Qadir 1/21 (4 overs)
Surrey Jaguars won by 8 wickets
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Carl Tuckett (WI)
Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Surrey Jaguars)
  • Surrey Jaguars won the toss and elected to field.

Match 21
2 August 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Vancouver Knights
128/7 (20 overs)
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Toronto Nationals
103 (15.5 overs)
Corbin Bosch 30 (26)
Sikandar Raza 2/15 (3 overs)
Darren Bravo 28 (26)
Harsh Thaker 4/29 (4 overs)
Vancouver Knights won by 25 runs
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Harsh Thaker (Vancouver Knights)
  • Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to field.

Play-offs

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Qualifier 1 / EliminatorQualifier 2Final
4 August 2023 - CAA Centre, Brampton, 11:006 August 2023 -CAA Centre, Brampton, 12:00
1Surrey Jaguars139/9 (20 overs)Q1WSurrey Jaguars130/5 (20 overs)
2Vancouver Knights101 (16.4 overs)5 August 2023 - CAA Centre, Brampton, 12:00Q2WMontreal Tigers135/5 (20 overs)
Q1LVancouver Knights137/6 (20 overs)
4 August 2023 - CAA Centre, Brampton, 15:30EWMontreal Tigers141/9 (19.3 overs)
3Montreal Tigers108/1 (14.2 overs)
4Brampton Wolves104 (20 overs)

Qualifier 1
4 August 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Surrey Jaguars
139/9 (20 overs)
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Vancouver Knights
101 (16.4 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 36 (28)
Junaid Siddique 4/22 (4 overs)
Fabian Allen 27 (20)
Matthew Forde 4/16 (2.4 overs)
Surrey Jaguars won by 38 runs
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Matthew Forde (Surrey Jaguars)
  • Vancouver Knights won the toss and elected to field.

Eliminator
4 August 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Brampton Wolves
104 (20 overs)
v
Montreal Tigers
108/1 (14.2 overs)
Aaron Johnson 31 (25)
Aayan Afzal Khan 2/16 (4 overs)
Chris Lynn 63* (47)
Shahid Ahmadzai 1/26 (4 overs)
Montreal Tigers won by 9 wickets
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Leslie Reifer (WI)
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Montreal Tigers)
  • Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

Qualifier 2
5 August 2023
12:00
Scorecard
Vancouver Knights
137/6 (20 overs)
v
Montreal Tigers
141/9 (19.3 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 39 (33)
Abbas Afridi 5/29 (4 overs)
Sherfane Rutherford 48* (34)
Junaid Siddique 4/22 (4 overs)
Montreal Tigers won by 1 wicket
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Rohan Shah (Can) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Abbas Afridi (Montreal Tigers)
  • Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
  • Abbas Afridi took a hat-trick.

Final
6 August 2023
12:00
Scorecard
Surrey Jaguars
130/5 (20 overs)
v
Montreal Tigers
135/5 (20 overs)
Jatinder Singh 56* (57)
Aayan Afzal Khan 2/21 (4 overs)
Sherfane Rutherford 38* (29)
Iftikhar Ahmed 2/8 (4 overs)
Montreal Tigers won by 5 wickets
TD Cricket Arena, Brampton
Umpires: Rohan Shah (Can) and Carl Tuckett (WI)
Player of the match: Sherfane Rutherford (Montreal Tigers)
  • Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Team Innings Runs High score
Chris Lynn Montreal Tigers 9 234 64
Sherfane Rutherford Montreal Tigers 9 220 84
Colin Munro Toronto Nationals 4 212 78
Mohammad Rizwan Vancouver Knights 5 190 68
Jatinder Singh Surrey Jaguars 8 183 57
Iftikhar Ahmed Surrey Jaguars 8 183 47

Most wickets

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Player Team Matches Wickets Best bowling
Matthew Forde Surrey Jaguars 8 15 4/16
Junaid Siddique Vancouver Knights 8 15 4/22
Ruben Trumpelmann Vancouver Knights 8 13 4/25
Logan Van Beek Brampton Wolves 7 12 4/12
Sandeep Lamichhane Surrey Jaguars 8 11 3/6
Corbin Bosch Vancouver Knights 8 11 3/11
Carlos Brathwaite Montreal Tigers 9 11 4/21

Broadcasting

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The competition is being broadcast on the following television and streaming services around the globe:[14][15]

Location Television broadcaster(s) Streaming
Australia Cable/satellite (pay): Fox Sports foxsports.com.au

cricket.com.au

Canada CBC Television CBC Gem
United Kingdom Cable/satellite (pay): Free Sports
Bangladesh Cable/satellite (pay): T Sports T Sports app
India

Nepal

Cable/satellite (pay): Star Sports Fancode
Middle East Bein Sports
Pakistan A Sports Ary Zap
South Africa SuperSport
United States MAQ TV
Other regions Kwesé Sports DAZN

References

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  2. ^ "Global T20 Canada Postponed". Cricket Canada. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Global T20 Canada set to be held in Malaysia due to Covid-19". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  4. ^ "GT20 CANADA 2021 CANCELLED BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  5. ^ GT20 Canada (16 May 2023). "Global T20 Canada Returns". GT20.ca. Retrieved 1 June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Russell, Gayle and Shakib among marquee names drafted at GT20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Global T20 Canada 2023: Mississauga Panthers set to mark debut in tournament". CricTracker. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Chris Gayle, Harbhajan Singh, Shahid Afridi among star-studded marquee players for Global T20 Canada 2023". Hindustan Times. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Clash between SL Tests and GT20 Canada set to affect Pakistan players availability". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Chris Gayle, Harbhajan Singh, Shahid Afridi among the marquee players for Global T20 Canada 2023". Hindustan Times. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  11. ^ @GT20Canada (June 23, 2023). ''Reinforcements have arrived''(Tweet).Retrieved 2023-06-23 – via Twitter
  12. ^ @GT20Canada (June 27, 2023). ''Season 3 Schedule'' (Tweet).Retrieved 2023-06-27 – via Twitter
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  14. ^ "GT20 2023 Broadcast details". GT20 Canada Twitter. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Cricket Canada to host GT20 2023 in July and August". Czarsportzauto. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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