The 2005–06 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup was the second season of the ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup in Pakistan, sponsored by ABN AMRO. It was held in Karachi from 24 February to 4 March 2006. This edition featured an expanded format, with an increase from 19 to 39 matches and from 11 to 13 teams; the new teams being the Islamabad Leopards and the Abbottabad Rhinos. The Sialkot Stallions won the tournament by defeating the defending champions the Faisalabad Wolves in the final.
| Dates | 24 February – 4 March 2006 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |  Karachi |
| Champions | Sialkot Stallions (1st title) |
| Participants | 13 |
| Matches | 39 |
Format
editThe 13 teams are divided into two groups: Pool A with seven teams and Pool B with six. Each group plays a single round-robin tournament and the top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals. The winners of each group play the runners-up of the other group in the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals play the final.[1]
| 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
Results
editTeams and standings
editThe top two teams from each group qualify for the semi-finals.
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sialkot Stallions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +2.099 |
| Faisalabad Wolves | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | +2.686 |
| Lahore Eagles | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | +0.077 |
| Peshawar Panthers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | +0.003 |
| Karachi Zebras | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | –1.431 |
| Rawalpindi Rams | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | –1.438 |
| Multan Tigers | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | –2.268 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahore Lions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +1.719 |
| Karachi Dolphins | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | +0.871 |
| Abbottabad Rhinos | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | +0.130 |
| Hyderabad Hawks | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | –0.250 |
| Islamabad Leopards | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | –0.492 |
| Quetta Bears | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | –1.779 |
- Qualified for semi-finals
Knockout stage
edit| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | Sialkot Stallions | 198/8 | |||||||
| B2 | Karachi Dolphins | 169/7 | |||||||
| A1 | Sialkot Stallions | 156/4 | |||||||
| A2 | Faisalabad Wolves | 152/8 | |||||||
| B1 | Lahore Lions | 149/9 | |||||||
| A2 | Faisalabad Wolves | 150/4 | |||||||
Fixtures
editGroup stage
editPool A
editSialkot Stallions
203/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Lahore Eagles
195/9 (20 overs) |
- Lahore Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
- Arsalan Mir, Humayun Farhat, Junaid Zia, Kashif Shafi (Lahore Eagles); Mansoor Amjad, Mohammad Asif, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shehzad Malik and Tahir Mughal (Sialkot Stallions) all made their T20 debuts.
Karachi Zebras
188/4 (20 overs) |
v
|
Rawalpindi Rams
175/9 (20 overs) |
- Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and elected to field.
- Ashraf Ali, Azam Hussain, Hasan Raza, Maisam Hasnain, Naumanullah, Rizwan Saeed, Tahir Khan, Tanvir Ahmed (Karachi Zebras); Alamgir Khan, Babar Naeem, Mohammad Wasim, Najaf Shah, Nauman Aman, Usman Saeed and Yasir Arafat (Rawalpindi Rams) all made their T20 debuts.
Peshawar Panthers
185/5 (20 overs) |
v
|
Faisalabad Wolves
153 (17.1 overs) |
- Peshawar Panthers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Misbah-ul-Haq (Faisalabad Wolves); Fazl-e-Akbar, Riaz Afridi and Wajahatullah Wasti (Peshawar Panthers) all made their T20 debuts.
Rawalpindi Rams
163/7 (20 overs) |
v
|
Sialkot Stallions
165/2 (17.1 overs) |
- Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to field.
- Asim Iqbal (Rawalpindi Rams) made his T20 debut.
Multan Tigers
122 (18.2 overs) |
v
|
Faisalabad Wolves
123/2 (7.3 overs) |
- Multan Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Azhar Shafiq, Majid Majeed, Mohammad Irshad, Saeed Anwar and Usman Tariq (Multan Tigers) all made their T20 debuts.
Karachi Zebras
160/3 (20 overs) |
v
|
Peshawar Panthers
160/7 (20 overs) |
- Karachi Zebras won the toss and elected to bat.
- Karachi Zebras won by losing fewer wickets (first tie-breaking method)
Faisalabad Wolves
221/7 (20 overs) |
v
|
Karachi Zebras
108 (14.4 overs) |
- Karachi Zebras won the toss and elected to field.
- Anwar Ali (Karachi Zebras) made his T20 debut.
Peshawar Panthers
171/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Lahore Eagles
175/5 (18.1 overs) |
- Peshawar Panthers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kamran Sajid (Lahore Eagles) made his T20 debut.
Rawalpindi Rams
165/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Multan Tigers
75/5 (10 overs) |
- Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and elected to bat.
- The Multan Tigers' target was revised to 100 runs from 10 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
Rawalpindi Rams
157/9 (20 overs) |
v
|
Lahore Eagles
160/3 (17.5 overs) |
- Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and elected to bat.
Peshawar Panthers
126 (19 overs) |
v
|
Sialkot Stallions
127/5 (16.4 overs) |
- Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Fayyaz and Taimur Khan (Peshawar Panthers) both made their T20 debuts.
Karachi Zebras
173/9 (20 overs) |
v
|
Multan Tigers
173/9 (20 overs) |
- Karachi Zebras won the toss and elected to bat.
- Multan Tigers won by having a better run rate in the first ten overs. This is the second tie-breaking method, after wickets lost.
- Nasir Khan (Karachi Zebras); Bilal Khilji and Kashif Naved (Multan Tigers) all made their T20 debuts.
Peshawar Panthers
187/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Multan Tigers
186/8 (20 overs) |
- Multan Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
- Waqar Ahmed and Zulfiqar Jan (Peshawar Panthers) both made their T20 debuts.
Faisalabad Wolves
205 (19.4 overs) |
v
|
Lahore Eagles
162 (16.1 overs) |
- Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.
Sialkot Stallions
217/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Karachi Zebras
134 (16.5 overs) |
- Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to bat.
- Farhan Adil (Karachi Zebras) made his T20 debut.
Rawalpindi Rams
140 (18 overs) |
v
|
Peshawar Panthers
141/3 (18.2 overs) |
- Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and elected to bat.
Faisalabad Wolves
98 (12.5 overs) |
v
|
Sialkot Stallions
99/4 (16.1 overs) |
- Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.
- Faisal Naved (Sialkot Stallions) made his T20 debut.
Lahore Eagles
203/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Multan Tigers
166 (19 overs) |
- Lahore Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
Sialkot Stallions
189/3 (20 overs) |
v
|
Multan Tigers
123 (18.1 overs) |
- Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to bat.
- Riaz Ahmed (Multan Tigers) made his T20 debut.
Rawalpindi Rams
105 (17.5 overs) |
v
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Faisalabad Wolves
108/0 (9 overs) |
Mohammad Hafeez 66* (33)
|
- Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rizwan Akbar (Rawalpindi Rams) made his T20 debut.
Lahore Eagles
150 (19.5 overs) |
v
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Karachi Zebras
151/7 (18.4 overs) |
- Lahore Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tabish Khan (Karachi Zebras) made his T20 debut.
Pool B
editAbbottabad Rhinos
186/4 (20 overs) |
v
|
Islamabad Leopards
185/8 (20 overs) |
- Abbottabad Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ali Naqvi, Amjad Waqas, Ashraf Ali, Azhar Ali, Dilawar Khan, Mohammad Bilal, Riaz Kail, Sajjad Ali, Shakeel-ur-Rehman, Zafar Jadoon (Abbottabad Rhinos); Ashar Zaidi, Atif Ashraf, Bazid Khan, Mohammad Altaf, Saad Altaf, Safdar Niazi, Sufyan Munir and Zohaib Ahmed (Islamabad Leopards) all made their T20 debuts.
Hyderabad Hawks
140/7 (20 overs) |
v
|
Quetta Bears
112 (18.1 overs) |
- Quetta Bears won the toss and elected to field.
- Faisal Athar, Farhan Ayub, Farrukh Sheikh, Naeem-ur-Rehman, Nauman Ali (Hyderabad Hawks); Adil Nisar, Faisal Irfan, Hameedullah Khan, Mohammad Umar and Sabir Hussain (Quetta Bears) all made their T20 debuts.
Karachi Dolphins
199/7 (20 overs) |
v
|
Lahore Lions
202/9 (19.5 overs) |
- Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
- Asim Kamal, Faisal Iqbal, Irfanuddin (Karachi Dolphins); Imran Tahir, Rizwan Ahmed, Shehzad Butt and Zulqarnain Haider (Lahore Lions) all made their T20 debuts.
Quetta Bears
142/5 (20 overs) |
v
|
Abbottabad Rhinos
144/3 (16.4 overs) |
- Quetta Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Hyderabad Hawks
110/9 (20 overs) |
v
|
Lahore Lions
111/3 (17.2 overs) |
- Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to field.
Islamabad Leopards
183/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Karachi Dolphins
185/5 (19.2 overs) |
- Islamabad Leopards won the toss and elected to bat.
- Afaq Raheem, Rauf Akbar (Islamabad Leopards); Nauman Alavi, Rajesh Ramesh and Sarfraz Ahmed (Karachi Dolphins) made their T20 debuts.
Karachi Dolphins
176/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Abbottabad Rhinos
166 (19.2 overs) |
- Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mudassar Ibrahim (Abbottabad Rhinos) and Saad Wasim (Karachi Dolphins) made their T20 debuts.
Quetta Bears
120/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Lahore Lions
121/1 (14.1 overs) |
- Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Umar Javed (Lahore Lions) and Ghulam Sarwar (Quetta Bears) made their T20 debuts.
Hyderabad Hawks
180/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Islamabad Leopards
181/6 (19.4 overs) |
- Hyderabad Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Khadim Hussain (Hyderabad Hawks) and Imad Wasim (Islamabad Leopards) made their T20 debuts.
Lahore Lions
234/4 (20 overs) |
v
|
Islamabad Leopards
147 (18 overs) |
- Islamabad Leopards won the toss and elected to field.
Abbottabad Rhinos
174 (19.4 overs) |
v
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Hyderabad Hawks
176/1 (19.2 overs) |
- Hyderabad Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Siddiq (Abbottabad Rhinos) and Pir Zulfiqar (Hyderabad Hawks) made their T20 debuts.
Quetta Bears
154 (19.5 overs) |
v
|
Karachi Dolphins
158/4 (17 overs) |
- Quetta Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Hyderabad Hawks
112/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Karachi Dolphins
115/3 (15.4 overs) |
- Hyderabad Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sharjeel Khan (Hyderabad Hawks) made his T20 debut.
Islamabad Leopards
158/9 (20 overs) |
v
|
Quetta Bears
115 (18 overs) |
- Islamabad Leopards won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nauman Sadiq (Islamabad Leopards) and Zahoor Ahmed (Quetta Bears) made their T20 debuts.
Lahore Lions
163 (20 overs) |
v
|
Abbottabad Rhinos
162/7 (20 overs) |
- Abbottabad Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
- Adnan Raees and Ahmed Said (Abbottabad Rhinos) made their T20 debuts.
Knockout stage
edit- Semi-finals
Sialkot Stallions
198/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Karachi Dolphins
169/7 (20 overs) |
- Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to bat.
Lahore Lions
149/9 (20 overs) |
v
|
Faisalabad Wolves
150/4 (17.5 overs) |
- Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
- Final
Faisalabad Wolves
152/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Sialkot Stallions
156/4 (19.2 overs) |
- Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to field.
Media coverage
editTen Sports was covering the tournament until a bomb blast in Karachi. PTV 1 covered some of the remaining matches afterwards.
References
edit- ^ "ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup 2005/06 Points Table". Pakistan Cricket Board). 2006. Retrieved 2012-06-08.