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2023 Global T20 Canada

Dates	20 July – 6 August 2023
Administrator(s)	Cricket Canada
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)	Canada
Champions	Montreal Tigers (1st title)
Participants	6
Matches	25
Player of the series	Sherfane Rutherford (Montreal Tigers)
Most runs	Chris Lynn (Montreal Tigers) (234)
Most wickets	Matthew Forde (Surrey Jaguars) (15) Junaid Siddique (Vancouver Knights) (15)
Official website	www.gt20.ca
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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 side will include two "marquee" players and three Canadian players from the national side, as well as three emerging Canadian players.

Squads

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

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.

• Brampton Wolves won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to bad light

• Vancouver Knights won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.

• Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

• Vancouver Knights won the toss and elected to field.

• Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to bat.

• Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

• Surrey Jaguars won the toss and elected to bat.
• No further play was possible due to rain.

• Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.

• Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

• Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to field.

• Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

• Vancouver Knights won the toss and elected to field.

• Mississauga Panthers won the toss and elected to field.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to wet outfield.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to wet outfield.

• Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 6 overs per side due to rain.

• Surrey Jaguars won the toss and elected to field.

• Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.

• Surrey Jaguars won the toss and elected to field.

• Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to field.

Play-offs

• Vancouver Knights won the toss and elected to field.

• Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

• Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
• Abbas Afridi took a hat-trick.

• Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

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

• Source ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

Broadcasting

The competition is being broadcast on the following television and streaming services around the globe:

References

1. CBC Sports (6 August 2023). "Montreal Tigers storm past Surrey Jaguars to claim GT20 Canada cricket championship". cbc.ca. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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
13. "GT20 Canada Season 3 Fixtures". GT 20. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo

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