| Dates | 28 June – 15 July 2018 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Cricket Canada |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) |  Canada |
| Champions | Vancouver Knights (1st title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 22 |
| Player of the series | Lendl Simmons (Winnipeg Hawks) |
| Most runs | Lendl Simmons (Winnipeg Hawks) (321) |
| Most wickets | Sheldon Cottrell (Vancouver Knights) (16) |
| Official website | www |
2019 → | |
The 2018 Global T20 Canada (also known as Canada Dry Global T20 Canada for sponsorship reasons) of the Global T20 Canada, was a professional Twenty20 cricket tournament that was played in Canada.[1] It was the first edition of the tournament and ran from 28 June to 15 July 2018.[2][3] Six teams took part, with all the matches played at the Maple Leaf Cricket ClubinKing City, Ontario.[2]
A player draft took place on 3 June 2018.[4] Approximately 1,600 players registered for the draft, with 600 of those from Canada.[5] Ahead of the draft, the following ten international cricketers were named as marquee players: Shahid Afridi, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle, Chris Lynn, Lasith Malinga, David Miller, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy and Steve Smith.[6][7] Smith played in the opening match of the tournament and Warner played in the second match of the tournament, both played their first representative matches since being found guilty of ball-tampering during the third Test match between South Africa and Australia in March 2018.[8]
In the final, Vancouver Knights defeated Cricket West Indies B Team by seven wickets to win the tournament.[9]
The following teams, squads and coaches were announced for the tournament:[10][11][12]
| Pos | Team[19] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver Knights | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +1.417 |
| 2 | West Indies B | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.403 |
| 3 | Winnipeg Hawks | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.630 |
| 4 | Edmonton Royals | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | –0.091 |
| 5 | Montreal Tigers | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.322 |
| 6 | Toronto Nationals | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.897 |
The full fixtures were confirmed on 13 June 2018.[20] The first round took place from 28 June to 7 July, the second round took place from 8 to 11 July and playoffs from 12 to 15 July 2018.[20] Times shown were Eastern DST.
Vancouver Knights |
v |
Toronto Nationals |
Evin Lewis 96 (55) |
Anton Devcich92* (44) |
Toronto Nationals won by 6 wickets |
Winnipeg Hawks |
v |
Montreal Tigers |
Ben McDermott 68 (46) |
Sikandar Raza 30 (13) |
Winnipeg Hawks won by 46 runs |
30 June 2018 |
Toronto Nationals |
v |
Edmonton Royals |
Nitish Kumar 55 (37) |
Andre Fletcher68* (39) |
Edmonton Royals won by 8 wickets |
Montreal Tigers |
v |
Cricket West Indies B Team |
Sikandar Raza 48 (37) |
Nicholas Pooran 58 (35) |
Cricket West Indies B Team won by 2 wickets |
1 July 2018 |
Winnipeg Hawks |
v |
Vancouver Knights |
Tion Webster49* (34) |
Babar Hayat 65 (33) |
Vancouver Knights won by 6 wickets |
Edmonton Royals |
v |
Cricket West Indies B Team |
Kevin O'Brien 49 (17) |
Fabian Allen75* (30) |
Cricket West Indies B Team won by 3 wickets |
2 July 2018 |
Winnipeg Hawks |
v |
Toronto Nationals |
Lendl Simmons 44 (34) |
Anton Devcich 34 (19) |
Winnipeg Hawks won by 56 runs |
Vancouver Knights |
v |
Montreal Tigers |
Rassie van der Dussen83* (56) |
George Worker 43 (33) |
Vancouver Knights won by 18 runs |
4 July 2018 |
Montreal Tigers |
v |
Edmonton Royals |
Moises Henriques 50 (49) |
Luke Ronchi 30 (19) |
Montreal Tigers won by 15 runs |
5 July 2018 |
Winnipeg Hawks |
v |
Cricket West Indies B Team |
Lendl Simmons 45 (40) |
Justin Greaves89* (58) |
Cricket West Indies B Team won by 9 wickets |
6 July 2018 |
Vancouver Knights |
v |
Edmonton Royals |
|
|
Match abandoned |
7 July 2018 |
Toronto Nationals |
v |
Cricket West Indies B Team |
Steve Smith55* (43) |
Justin Greaves 45 (33) |
Cricket West Indies B Team won by 8 wickets |
Winnipeg Hawks |
v |
Edmonton Royals |
Lendl Simmons 66 (48) |
Agha Salman 73 (41) |
Edmonton Royals won by 5 wickets |
8 July 2018 |
Vancouver Knights |
v |
Cricket West Indies B Team |
Chris Gayle 63 (55) |
Kavem Hodge 43 (39) |
Vancouver Knights won by 35 runs |
Montreal Tigers |
v |
Toronto Nationals |
George Worker 62 (52) |
Nitish Kumar 46 (23) |
Toronto Nationals won by 1 wicket |
10 July 2018 |
Cricket West Indies B Team |
v |
Montreal Tigers |
Shamar Springer 62 (40) |
Sunil Narine 61 (25) |
Montreal Tigers won by 6 wickets |
Toronto Nationals |
v |
Vancouver Knights |
Steve Smith 35 (28) |
Chadwick Walton54* (36) |
Vancouver Knights won by 8 wickets |
11 July 2018 |
Edmonton Royals |
v |
Winnipeg Hawks |
Agha Salman 43 (34) |
David Warner 42 (35) |
Winnipeg Hawks won by 8 wickets |
| Playoff 1 / Playoff 2 | Playoff 3 | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Vancouver Knights | 215/6 (20 overs) | 2 | Cricket West Indies B Team | 145 (17.4 overs) | ||||||||
| 2 | Cricket West Indies B Team | 221/4 (20 overs) | 1 | Vancouver Knights | 148/3 (17.3 overs) | ||||||||
| 1 | Vancouver Knights | 152/5 (13 overs) | |||||||||||
| 3 | Winnipeg Hawks | 84/5 (8.3 overs) (D/L) | |||||||||||
| 3 | Winnipeg Hawks | 185/3 (19.5 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Edmonton Royals | 183/9 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
Playoff 1 |
Vancouver Knights |
v |
Cricket West Indies B Team |
Chadwick Walton 54 (24) |
Sherfane Rutherford 134* (66) |
Cricket West Indies B Team won by 6 wickets |
Edmonton Royals |
v |
Winnipeg Hawks |
Agha Salman 44 (18) |
Ben McDermott65* (39) |
Winnipeg Hawks won by 7 wickets |
Vancouver Knights |
v |
Winnipeg Hawks |
Chadwick Walton 45 (26) |
Lendl Simmons 35 (20) |
Vancouver Knights won by 13 runs (D/L method) |
Cricket West Indies B Team |
v |
Vancouver Knights |
Fabian Allen 41 (23) |
Saad Bin Zafar79* (48) |
Vancouver Knights won by 7 wickets |
