Cricket tournament
| Dates | 21 – 26 December 2006 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |  Karachi |
| Champions | Sialkot Stallions (2nd title) |
| Participants | 13 |
| Matches | 18 |
| ← 2005–062008–09 → | |
The 2006–07 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup was the third season of the ABN AMRO Twenty-20 Cup in Pakistan, sponsored by ABN AMRO. It was held in Karachi from 21 to 26 December 2006. The tournament was reduced to a shorter format similar to the 2004–05 edition with 18 matches. The Sialkot Stallions successfully defended the title by defeating the Karachi Dolphins in the final.
Format
The 13 teams are divided into four groups: Pool A with four teams, Pool B, C and D with three each. Each group plays a single Round-robin tournament and the top team from each group advances to the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals play the final.
| Result | Points |
|---|---|
| Won | 2 points |
| No result | 1 point |
| Loss | 0 points |
The position of the teams in the points table is determined by:
- Total points
- Won
- Lost (fewest)
- Net run rate
Prize money
The prize money was increased from the previous year, with the winners receiving almost twice that of the previous year.
- Final
- Winners: Rs. 1,000,000
- Runners-up: Rs. 500,000
- Match victories
- Winners of group matches: Rs. 15,000
- Losers of group matches: Rs. 10,000
- Winners of semi-finals: Rs. 20,000
- Losers of semi-finals: Rs. 15,000
Results
Teams and standings
The top team from each group qualify for the semi-finals.
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karachi Dolphins | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.394 |
| Faisalabad Wolves | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +2.049 |
| Lahore Eagles | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +0.067 |
| Abbottabad Rhinos | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | –3.345 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sialkot Stallions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.282 |
| Karachi Zebras | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1.478 |
| Hyderabad Hawks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | –1.513 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peshawar Panthers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +2.038 |
| Multan Tigers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.141 |
| Islamabad Leopards | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | –2.150 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahore Lions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.274 |
| Rawalpindi Rams | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.450 |
| Quetta Bears | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | –0.721 |
- Qualified for semi-finals
Knockout stage
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | Peshawar Panthers | 124/9 | |||||||
| C1 | Karachi Dolphins | 128/5 | |||||||
| C1 | Karachi Dolphins | 137/7 | |||||||
| B1 | Sialkot Stallions | 151 | |||||||
| B1 | Sialkot Stallions | 120/1 | |||||||
| D1 | Lahore Lions | 119 | |||||||
Fixtures
Group stage
- Pool A
| 21 December Scorecard |
| Lahore Eagles 170/6 (20 overs) |
v | Abbottabad Rhinos 90 (17.2 overs) |
| Ashfaq Ahmed 50 (27) Dilawar Khan 2/27 (4 overs) |
Adnan Raees 25 (25) Junaid Zia 3/15 (4 overs) |
| Lahore Eagles won by 80 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Akbar Khan and Islam Khan |
- Abbottabad Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
- Hammad Ali, Junaid Khan and Nasir Jalil (Abbottabad Rhinos) all made their T20 debuts.
| 21 December (D/N) Scorecard |
| Karachi Dolphins 171/4 (20 overs) |
v | Faisalabad Wolves 169/9 (20 overs) |
| Khalid Latif 72 (47) Saeed Ajmal 2/36 (4 overs) |
Misbah-ul-Haq 53 (33) Shahid Afridi 2/29 (4 overs) |
| Karachi Dolphins won by 2 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Kaukab Butt and Saleem Badar |
- Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
- Asad Ali and Mohammad Zahid (Faisalabad Wolves) made their T20 debuts.
| 22 December (D/N) Scorecard |
| Faisalabad Wolves 162/7 (20 overs) |
v | Lahore Eagles 138/8 (20 overs) |
| Misbah-ul-Haq 60* (48) Mohammad Khalil 3/40 (4 overs) |
Arsalan Mir 29 (20) Asad Ali 2/12 (4 overs) |
| Faisalabad Wolves won by 24 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Islam Khan and Riazuddin |
- Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.
| 23 December Scorecard |
| Abbottabad Rhinos 113/8 (20 overs) |
v | Karachi Dolphins 114/2 (17.1 overs) |
| Sajid Shah 37 (27) Shahid Afridi 3/23 (4 overs) |
Shadab Kabir 40 (50) Amjad Waqas 1/16 (3 overs) |
| Karachi Dolphins won by 8 wickets Asghar Ali Shah Cricket Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Siddiq Khan |
- Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.
| 24 December 17:00 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Abbottabad Rhinos 105/8 (20 overs) |
v | Faisalabad Wolves 106/3 (8.5 overs) |
| Sajid Shah 30 (39) Mohammad Hafeez 3/16 (4 overs) |
Mohammad Hafeez 33 (18) Dilawar Khan 1/14 (0.5 overs) |
| Faisalabad Wolves won by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Islam Khan |
- Abbottabad Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mohammad Naeem and Wajid Ali (Abbottabad Rhinos) made their T20 debuts.
| 24 December 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Lahore Eagles 71 (14.5 overs) |
v | Karachi Dolphins 74/1 (12.1 overs) |
| Aamer Sajjad 18 (20) Fawad Alam 2/4 (1.5 overs) |
Fawad Alam 34* (33) |
| Karachi Dolphins won by 9 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Siddiq Khan and Zameer Haider |
- Lahore Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pool B
| 21 December Scorecard |
| Karachi Zebras 149/9 (20 overs) |
v | Hyderabad Hawks 97/9 (20 overs) |
| Asim Kamal 49 (30) Rizwan Ahmed 2/24 (4 overs) |
Taj Wasan 26 (39) Danish Kaneria 3/13 (4 overs) |
| Karachi Zebras won by 52 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Iqbal Butt and Zaheer Ahmed |
- Hyderabad Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
- Nasir Awais, Taj Wasan (Hyderabad Hawks) and Asif Zakir (Karachi Zebras) all made their T20 debuts.
| 22 December (D/N) Scorecard |
| Sialkot Stallions 106 (17.5 overs) |
v | Karachi Zebras 69/5 (13.5 overs) |
| Naved-ul-Hasan 28 (23) Malik Aftab 4/17 (4 overs) |
Hasan Raza 28 (33) Mohammad Asif 2/11 (4 overs) |
| Sialkot Stallions won by 2 runs (D/L) National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Siddiq Khan |
- Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to bat.
- Play was stopped in the Karachi Zebras' innings after 13.5 overs. Their target would have been 72 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
| 23 December Scorecard |
| Hyderabad Hawks 143/4 (20 overs) |
v | Sialkot Stallions 144/3 (19 overs) |
| Rizwan Ahmed 42* (40) Tahir Mughal 2/22 (4 overs) |
Shoaib Malik 53* (61) Farhan Ayub 2/23 (4 overs) |
| Sialkot Stallions won by 7 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Raweed Khan |
- Hyderabad Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ghulam Murtaza and Lal Kumar (Hyderabad Hawks) both made their T20 debuts.
- Pool C
| 21 December (D/N) Scorecard |
| Multan Tigers 124 (18.2 overs) |
v | Peshawar Panthers 125/5 (17.5 overs) |
| Saeed Anwar 51 (48) Mohammad Aslam 4/13 (3.2 overs) |
Rafatullah Mohmand 32 (16) Mohammad Irshad 2/14 (2 overs) |
| Peshawar Panthers won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Shakeel Khan |
- Multan Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Imranullah Aslam (Multan Tigers) made his T20 debut.
| 22 December Scorecard |
| Multan Tigers 147/8 (20 overs) |
v | Islamabad Leopards 126 (18.1 overs) |
| Kamran Hussain 44 (32) Azhar Mahmood 3/17 (4 overs) |
Bazid Khan 53 (45) Imranullah Aslam 5/17 (4 overs) |
| Multan Tigers won by 21 runs Asghar Ali Shah Cricket Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Iqbal Butt and Kaukab Butt |
- Multan Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Fakhar Hussain, Naeem Anjum (Islamabad Leopards) and Hanain Abbas (Multan Tigers) made their T20 debuts.
| 23 December (D/N) Scorecard |
| Peshawar Panthers 146/6 (20 overs) |
v | Islamabad Leopards 81/8 (20 overs) |
| Wajahatullah Wasti 48 (38) Iftikhar Anjum 2/27 (3 overs) |
Shoaib Akhtar 14 (13) Fazl-e-Akbar 3/9 (3 overs) |
| Peshawar Panthers won by 65 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Rasheed Bhatti and Zameer Haider |
- Islamabad Leopards won the toss and elected to field.
- Pool D
| 22 December Scorecard |
| Rawalpindi Rams 172/5 (20 overs) |
v | Quetta Bears 152/9 (20 overs) |
| Mohammad Wasim 86* (64) Faisal Irfan 3/22 (4 overs) |
Shoaib Khan 44 (24) Najaf Shah 2/41 (4 overs) |
| Rawalpindi Rams won by 20 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Akbar Khan and Zaheer Ahmed |
- Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and elected to bat.
- Gohar Faiz, Mohammad Alam (Quetta Bears); Akhtar Ayub, Naved Malik and Yasim Murtaza (Rawalpindi Rams) all made their T20 debuts.
| 23 December (D/N) Scorecard |
| Lahore Lions 178/7 (20 overs) |
v | Rawalpindi Rams 176/8 (20 overs) |
| Kamran Akmal 59 (34) Akhtar Ayub 1/18 (2 overs) |
Babar Naeem 39 (21) Kashif Siddiq 2/17 (4 overs) |
| Lahore Lions won by 2 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Mohammad Aslam and Saleem Badar |
- Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
- Asif Raza, Imran Ali and Kashif Siddiq (Lahore Lions) all made their T20 debuts.
| 24 December Scorecard |
| Quetta Bears 148/5 (20 overs) |
v | Lahore Lions 150/7 (19.1 overs) |
| Umar Javed 43* (36) Wahab Riaz 2/18 (3 overs) |
Rashid Riaz 32 (21) Arun Lal 2/20 (4 overs) |
| Lahore Lions won by 3 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Rasheed Bhatti and Raweed Khan |
- Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Yasir Majeed (Quetta Bears) made his T20 debut.
Knockout stage
- Semi-finals
| 25 December 17:00 Scorecard |
| Peshawar Panthers 124/9 (20 overs) |
v | Karachi Dolphins 128/5 (15.4 overs) |
| Mohammad Fayyaz 24 (23) Azam Hussain 3/19 (4 overs) |
Shahid Afridi 49 (19) Arshad Khan 2/40 (3.4 overs) |
| Karachi Dolphins won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Mohammad Aslam and Saleem Badar Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Karachi Dolphins) |
- Peshawar Panthers won the toss and elected to bat.
| 25 December 20:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Lahore Lions 119 (19.3 overs) |
v | Sialkot Stallions 120/1 (17.1 overs) |
| Adnan Raza 32 (33) Naved-ul-Hasan 3/9 (4 overs) |
Imran Nazir 76* (59) Kashif Siddiq 1/16 (4 overs) |
| Sialkot Stallions won by 9 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Shakeel Khan and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Imran Nazir (Sialkot Stallions) |
- Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to field.
- Final
| 26 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Sialkot Stallions 151 (20 overs) |
v | Karachi Dolphins 137/7 (20 overs) |
| Imran Nazir 46 (31) Fawad Alam 5/27 (4 overs) |
Fawad Alam 54 (43) Abdur Rehman 2/21 (4 overs) |
| Sialkot Stallions won by 14 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri and Riazuddin Player of the match: Fawad Alam (Karachi Dolphins) |
- Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.
Media coverage
- Geo Super (live)
References
- Bhatti, Gul Hameed (26 December 2006). "Alams's heroics can't deny Sialkot Stallions". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
- "ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup 2006/07 Points Table". Pakistan Cricket Board). 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
- "Sialkot Stallions begin favourites". ESPNcricinfo. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
- "Prize detail of ABN-AMRO Twenty/20 Cup". Pakistan Cricket Board. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
External links
- Tournament page on ESPN CricInfo
- Tournament page on CricketArchive Archived 31 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine