2022–23 Pakistan Cup

2022–23 Pakistan Cup

Dates	10 December 2022 – 3 January 2023
Administrator(s)	Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format	List A
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin and knockout
Host(s)	Pakistan
Champions	Central Punjab (1st title)
Participants	6
Matches	33
Player of the series	Amad Butt (BA) (365 runs and 19 wickets)
Most runs	Tayyab Tahir (CP) (573 runs)
Most wickets	Usama Mir (CP) (28 wickets)

The 2022–23 Pakistan Cup was a List A cricket competition that took place in Pakistan from 10 December 2022 to 3 January 2023.^[1][2] Balochistan were the defending champions.^[3][4]

Central Punjab won the competition, defeating Balochistan by 50 runs in the final.^[5]

Venues

The group stage matches were hosted in three different venues in Karachi, with SBP Sports Complex hosting the semi-finals and the final.^[6]

Karachi
NBP Sports Complex	UBL Sports Complex	SBP Sports Complex
Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 1,000
Matches: 10	Matches: 10	Matches: 13
Karachi

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Central Punjab	10	7	3	0	14	0.604
2	Balochistan	10	6	4	0	12	0.669
3	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	10	5	5	0	10	−0.859
4	Southern Punjab	10	4	6	0	8	0.190
5	Sindh	10	4	6	0	8	0.055
6	Northern	10	4	6	0	8	−0.752

Source: ESPNcricinfo

  Advanced to the Semi-finals

Fixtures

Group stage

Round 1

10 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 356/2 (50 overs)	v	Balochistan 244/7 (40 overs)
Mubasir Khan 118* (65) Amad Butt 1/64 (9 overs)		Hussain Talat 101* (74) Muhammad Musa 3/40 (7 overs)

Northern won by 54 runs (DLS method) National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imran Javed and Imtiaz Iqbal Player of the match: Mubasir Khan (Northern)

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Balochistan were set a revised target of 299 in 40 overs.

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10 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Sindh 276 (48.3 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 278/8 (48.5 overs)
Saim Ayub 100 (81) Usman Qadir 5/61 (10 overs)		Usman Salahuddin 89 (126) Sohail Khan 3/33 (9 overs)

Southern Punjab won by 2 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Asif Yaqoob Player of the match: Usman Qadir (Southern Punjab)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Arafat Minhas, Tahir Hussain (Southern Punjab) and Mohammad Suleman (Sindh) all made their List A debuts.

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10 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 143 (39 overs)	v	Central Punjab 144/2 (27 overs)
Waqar Ahmed 61 (107) Zafar Gohar 3/30 (10 overs)		Muhammad Faizan 53 (49) Sajid Khan 2/38 (8 overs)

Central Punjab won by 8 wickets State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Mohammad Asif and Saqib Khan Player of the match: Zafar Gohar (Central Punjab)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
• Ihsanullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his List A debut.

Round 2

12 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Sindh 288 (50 overs)	v	Balochistan 254/5 (46 overs)
Saim Ayub 79 (75) Kashif Bhatti 3/37 (10 overs)		Ali Waqas 121* (122) Mir Hamza 2/39 (9 overs)

Balochistan won by 4 runs (DLS method) State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Mohammad Sajid Player of the match: Ali Waqas (Balochistan)

• Balochistan won the toss elected to field.
• Balochistan were set a revised target of 251 in 46 overs.

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12 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Southern Punjab 182 (44.3 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 184/4 (38.5 overs)
Arafat Minhas 32 (41) Ihsanullah 4/42 (9.3 overs)		Kamran Ghulam 98* (102) Usman Qadir 2/52 (9.5 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 6 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Saqib Khan Player of the match: Ihsanullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
• Niaz Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his List A debut.

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12 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 359/7 (50 overs)	v	Northern 286/9 (50 overs)
Tayyab Tahir 96 (91) Usman Shinwari 2/43 (9 overs)		Haider Ali 55 (62) Usama Mir 3/89 (10 overs)

Central Punjab won by 73 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Mohammad Asif Player of the match: Tayyab Tahir (Central Punjab)

• Northern won the toss and elected to field.

Round 3

14 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Balochistan 313/8 (50 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 314/4 (49 overs)
Bismillah Khan 88* (69) Ihsanullah 3/72 (10 overs)		Kamran Ghulam 123* (115) Khurram Shahzad 2/58 (9 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 6 wickets State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Imtiaz Iqbal Player of the match: Kamran Ghulam (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.

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14 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Sindh 327/5 (50 overs)	v	Northern 298 (47.4 overs)
Danish Aziz 82* (50) Mehran Mumtaz 2/43 (10 overs)		Umar Akmal 95 (58) Shahnawaz Dahani 3/60 (7 overs)

Sindh won by 29 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Mohammad Asif Player of the match: Danish Aziz (Sindh)

• Northern won the toss and elected to field.

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14 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 153 (34.2 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 128 (34.4 overs)
Muhammad Faizan 40 (51) Arafat Minhas 3/30 (7.2 overs)		Hassan Khan 32 (31) Zafar Gohar 3/42 (9 overs)

Central Punjab won by 25 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Saqib Khan Player of the match: Aamer Yamin (Central Punjab)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

Round 4

16 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Balochistan 331/5 (50 overs)	v	Central Punjab 303 (47 overs)
Hussain Talat 141* (122) Qasim Akram 2/52 (9 overs)		Muhammad Faizan 94 (72) Mohammad Junaid 3/47 (10 overs)

Balochistan won by 28 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Saqib Khan Player of the match: Hussain Talat (Balochistan)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

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16 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 215 (49.3 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 205 (48.2 overs)
Umar Akmal 49 (46) Hassan Khan 4/31 (10 overs)		Usman Salahuddin 81* (126) Athar Mahmood 4/46 (9 overs)

Northern won by 10 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imran Javed and Mohammad Sajid Player of the match: Athar Mahmood (Northern)

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

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16 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 40 (20 overs)	v	Sindh 41/6 (13.4 overs)
Ihsanullah 10 (4) Shahnawaz Dahani 6/19 (10 overs)		Saim Ayub 14 (11) Sajid Khan 3/14 (6.4 overs)

Sindh won by 4 wickets National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Mohammad Asif Player of the match: Shahnawaz Dahani (Sindh)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to field.

Round 5

18 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Balochistan 278/7 (50 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 189 (35.2 overs)
Amad Butt 104* (91) Sharoon Siraj 4/48 (9 overs)		Zain Abbas 51 (64) Mohammad Junaid 4/54 (9 overs)

Balochistan won by 89 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Nasir Hussain Player of the match: Mohammad Junaid (Balochistan)

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

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18 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 305/9 (50 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 237 (43.5 overs)
Umar Amin 112 (104) Mohammad Amir Khan 3/72 (9 overs)		Kamran Ghulam 92 (103) Kashif Ali 3/18 (6.5 overs)

Northern won by 68 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Mohammad Sajid Player of the match: Umar Amin (Northern)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss elected to field.
• Kashif Ali made his List A debut.

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18 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Sindh 347/8 (50 overs)	v	Central Punjab 348/5 (45.2 overs)
Sharjeel Khan 114 (80) Muhammad Faizan 3/54 (7 overs)		Tayyab Tahir 139 (109) Asif Mehmood 2/55 (9 overs)

Central Punjab won by 5 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imran Javed and Mohammad Asif Player of the match: Tayyab Tahir (Central Punjab)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

Round 6

21 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Balochistan 253 (47.5 overs)	v	Sindh 254/4 (41.1 overs)
Haseebullah Khan 107 (110) Danish Aziz 3/50 (8.5 overs)		Saim Ayub 102 (99) Kashif Bhatti 3/38 (10 overs)

Sindh won by 6 wickets National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Saim Ayub (Sindh)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
• Arish Ali Khan made his List A debut.

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21 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 274/8 (50 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 177 (38 overs)
Zain Abbas 69 (80) Aamer Yamin 4/54 (10 overs)		Ahmed Shehzad 54 (56) Arafat Minhas 4/34 (9 overs)

Southern Punjab won by 97 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Hassan Khan (Southern Punjab)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
• Mohammad Umair made his List A debut.

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21 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 351/4 (50 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 268 (46.2 overs)
Kamran Ghulam 118* (92) Mehran Mumtaz 2/45 (10 overs)		Umar Akmal 76 (71) Ihsanullah 5/49 (8.2 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 83 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Imran Javed Player of the match: Kamran Ghulam (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Northern won the toss and elected to field.

Round 7

23 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 303/7 (50 overs)	v	Central Punjab 280 (47.5 overs)
Mubasir Khan 102* (62) Usama Mir 4/45 (10 overs)		Tayyab Tahir 61 (70) Mubasir Khan 4/51 (10 overs)

Northern won by 23 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Waleed Yaqub Player of the match: Mubasir Khan (Northern)

• Northern won the toss and elected to bat.

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23 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Sindh 233 (42.2 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 234/6 (36.1 overs)
Danish Aziz 53 (61) Sajid Khan 3/38 (10 overs)		Israrullah 61 (59) Anwar Ali 2/25 (7 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 4 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Rashid Riaz Player of the match: Sajid Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.

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23 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Southern Punjab 219 (45.5 overs)	v	Balochistan 223/4 (45.4 overs)
Arafat Minhas 82 (92) Yasir Shah 3/41 (10 overs)		Imran Butt 72 (101) Faisal Akram 3/47 (10 overs)

Balochistan won by 6 wickets National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Kashif Bhatti (Balochistan)

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

Round 8

25 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 240 (43 overs)	v	Balochistan 223/9 (50 overs)
Qasim Akram 131 (108) Amad Butt 2/30 (7 overs)		Haseebullah Khan 51 (74) Aamer Yamin 3/39 (9 overs)

Central Punjab won by 17 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Qasim Akram (Central Punjab)

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.

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25 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 272/8 (50 overs)	v	Sindh 273/5 (48 overs)
Umair Masood 68 (68) Anwar Ali 3/46 (9 overs)		Omair Yousuf 99* 129 Mehran Mumtaz 2/50 (10 overs)

Sindh won by 5 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Omair Yousuf (Sindh)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to field.

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25 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 265/9 (50 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 229 (45 overs)
Sahibzada Farhan 107 (117) Mohammad Ismail 3/58 (10 overs)		Zain Abbas 86 (105) Arshad Iqbal 4/32 (8 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 36 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Waleed Yaqub Player of the match: Sahibzada Farhan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

Round 9

27 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Balochistan 387/7 (50 overs)	v	Northern 277 (47.3 overs)
Haris Sohail 92 (61) Muhammad Musa 3/83 (10 overs)		Umar Akmal 51 (45) Kashif Bhatti 4/48 (10 overs)

Balochistan won by 110 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Waleed Yaqub Player of the match: Haris Sohail (Balochistan)

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to bat.

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27 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Sindh 171 (47.2 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 172/6 (35.1 overs)
Mohammad Suleman 62 (83) Mohammad Ilyas 2/18 (6 overs)		Mohammad Shehzad 85 (96) Shahnawaz Dahani 3/66 (8.1 overs)

Southern Punjab won by 4 wickets State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Imran Javed Player of the match: Mohammad Shehzad (Southern Punjab)

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

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27 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 315/8 (50 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 202 (39.1 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 71 (91) Mohammad Amir Khan 2/51 (10 overs)		Iftikhar Ahmed 66 (85) Usama Mir 5/42 (9 overs)

Central Punjab won by 113 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Usama Mir (Central Punjab)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
• As a result of this match, Central Punjab qualified for the semi-finals.^[7]

Round 10

29 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 310/9 (50 overs)	v	Sindh 244 (45 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 67 (83) Shahnawaz Dahani 2/41 (10 overs)		Faraz Ali 64 (80) Usama Mir 3/41 (10 overs)

Central Punjab won by 66 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Imran Javed Player of the match: Tayyab Tahir (Central Punjab)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
• As a result of this match, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa qualified for the semi-finals.

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29 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 133 (31 overs)	v	Balochistan 137/3 (18.3 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 32 (37) Mohammad Junaid 4/37 (8 overs)		Imran Butt 63* (46) Ihsanullah 2/31 (4 overs)

Balochistan won by 7 wickets National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Mohammad Junaid (Balochistan)

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.

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29 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 120 (31.5 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 121/2 (15.1 overs)
Mubasir Khan 29 (40) Mohammad Umair 4/19 (7 overs)		Mohammad Shehzad 60* (50) Kashif Ali 1/26 (3 overs)

Southern Punjab won by 8 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Waleed Yaqub Player of the match: Sharoon Siraj (Southern Punjab)

• Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
• As a result of this match, Southern Punjab qualified for the semi-finals.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Central Punjab	231 (49.2 overs)
	4	Southern Punjab	149 (32.1 overs)
						1	Central Punjab	254 (48.2 overs)
						2	Balochistan	204 (42.3 overs)
	2	Balochistan	302/8 (50 overs)
	3	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	264 (47.1 overs)

Semi-finals

1st Semi-Final 1 January 2023 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 231 (49.2 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 149 (32.1 overs)
Tayyab Tahir 58 (73) Sharoon Siraj 2/28 (8 overs)		Arafat Minhas 39 (30) Usama Mir 5/23 (5.1 overs)

Central Punjab won by 82 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Aaley Haider Player of the match: Usama Mir (Central Punjab)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

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2nd Semi-Final 1 January 2023 10:00 Scorecard

Balochistan 302/8 (50 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 264 (47.1 overs)
Kashif Bhatti 69* (52) Iftikhar Ahmed 3/52 (9 overs)		Adil Amin 76 (67) Amad Butt 4/52 (8.1 overs)

Balochistan won by 38 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Faisal Afridi Player of the match: Kashif Bhatti (Balochistan)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Final 2 January 2023 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 254 (48.2 overs)	v	Balochistan 204 (42.3 overs)
Tayyab Tahir 71 (72) Mohammad Junaid 5/56 (10 overs)		Bismillah Khan 70 (106) Ali Shafiq 3/17 (7 overs)

Central Punjab won by 50 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Faisal Afridi Player of the match: Tayyab Tahir (Central Punjab)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elect to bat.

References

1. Singh, Minal (29 December 2022). "Pakistan Cup 2023 Schedule, Live Score, Squad, T20 Scorecard". PurnEA University. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
2. "Pakistan Cup - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
3. "Full Scorecard of Khyber vs Balochistan Final 2021/22 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
4. PCB & Cricket World Monday 12 December 2022. "Defending champions Balochistan record first win in Pakistan Cup". Cricket World. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
5. "Central Punjab win Pakistan Cup". Cricket World. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
6. "Pakistan Cup 2022/23". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
7. "Usama's all-round show helps Central Punjab reach Pakistan Cup semifinals". Daily Times. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

External links

• Series home at PCB
• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo