The 2019 Global T20 Canada is a professional Twenty20 cricket tournament, currently being played at the CAA Centre, Brampton, Ontario (Canada). The 2019 Global T20 Canada is the second edition of the tournament. The League will take place from July 25, 2019 to August 11, 2019 in Canada. The 1st edition of 2019 Global T20 Canada was won by Vancouver Knights. Brampton Wolves were named as the 6th franchise team for the tournament in June 2019.
The teams taking part are Toronto Nationals, Vancouver Knights, Montreal Tigers, Winnipeg Hawks, Edmonton Royals and Brampton Wolves. Brampton Wolves is a new entrant to the tournament which is in its second year. Brendon McCullum, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik, Andre Russell, George Bailey, Sunil Narine, Thisara Perera, Kane Williamson, Faf du Plessis, Ben Cutting, Chris Lynn, Dwayne Bravo, JP Duminy, Daren Sammy, Shakib Al Hasan, Colin Munro are the marquee players in the Global T20 League Canada 2019.
Apart from them, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Shadab Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Rassie van der Dussen, Ali Khan, etc. are the other star players playing in the GT20 Canada 2019.
Here’s looking at the Global T20 Canada 2019 Points Table so far-
| TEAM | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | NRR |
| Brampton Wolves | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1.951 |
| Vancouver Knights | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0.769 |
| Toronto Nationals | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.271 |
| Winnipeg Hawks | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -0.722 |
| Montreal Tigers | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -1.667 |
| Edmonton Royals | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -0.548 |
(N/R- no result)
The Vancouver Knights won their first game against the Toronto Nationals in the 1st match of the current edition of the Global T20 Canada 2019, therefore sitting atop the Global T20 Canada points table with 2 points.
Here is the Global T20 Canada 2019 schedule –
|
NO. |
DATE |
TEAM 1 |
TEAM 2 |
VENUE |
TIME |
|
1 |
Jul 25, Thu |
Toronto Nationals |
Vancouver Knights |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
22:00 IST |
|
2 |
Jul 26, Fri |
Montreal Tigers |
Winning Hawks |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
02:00 IST |
|
3 |
Jul 27, Sat |
Toronto Nationals |
Edmonton Royals |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
22:00 IST |
|
4 |
Jul 27, Sat |
Montreal Tigers |
Brampton Wolves |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
02:00 IST |
|
5 |
Jul 28, Sun |
Vancouver Knights |
Winning Hawks |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
22:00 IST |
|
6 |
Jul 28, Sun |
Edmonton Royals |
Brampton Wolves |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
02:00 IST |
|
7 |
Jul 29, Mon |
Toronto Nationals |
Winning Hawks |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
22:00 IST |
|
8 |
Jul 29, Mon |
Montreal Tigers |
Vancouver Knights |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
02:00 IST |
|
9 |
Jul 31, Wed |
Montreal Tigers |
Edmonton Royals |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
22:00 IST |
|
10 |
Aug 1, Thu |
Winning Hawks |
Brampton Wolves |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
22:00 IST |
|
11 |
Aug 2, Fri |
Vancouver Knights |
Edmonton Royals |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
22:00 IST |
|
12 |
Aug 3, Sat |
Toronto Nationals |
Brampton Wolves |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
22:00 IST |
|
13 |
Aug 3, Sat |
Winning Hawks |
Edmonton Royals |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
02:00 IST |
|
14 |
Aug 4, Sun |
Vancouver Knights |
Brampton Wolves |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
22:00 IST |
|
15 |
Aug 4, Sun |
Toronto Nationals |
Montreal Tigers |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
02:00 IST |
|
Round Two | |||||
|
16 |
Aug 6, Tue | Brampton Wolves | Edmonton Royals |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
22:00 IST |
|
17 |
Aug 6, Tue | Vancouver Knights | Winnipeg Hawks |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
02:00 IST |
|
18 |
Aug 7, Wed | Toronto Nationals | Montreal Tigers |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
22:00 IST |
|
Playoffs | |||||
|
19 |
Aug 8, Thu | Brampton Wolves | Vancouver Knights |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
22:00 IST |
|
20 |
Aug 8, Thu | Toronto Nationals | Winnipeg Hawks |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
02:00 IST |
|
21 |
Aug 10, Sat | Brampton Wolves | Winnipeg Hawks |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
23:30 IST |
|
22 |
Aug 11, Sun | Vancouver Knights | Winnipeg Hawks |
CAA Centre, Brampton |
23:30 IST |
Match Timing Conversions
22:00 IST (Delhi) = 12:30 Canada Time (Montreal) = 16:30 GMT (London)
02:00 IST (Delhi) = 16:30 Canada Time (Montreal) = 20:30 GMT (London)
Global T20 Canada 2019 teams and key players to watch out for –
- Brampton Wolves – Andre Fletcher, Lendl Simmons, Darren Sammy, Wahab Riaz, Shahid Afridi, Shakib Al Hasan, Colin Munro
- Edmonton Royals – James Neesham, Faf du Plessis, Ben Cutting, Shadab Khan, Davy Jacobs, Kane Williamson
- Montreal Tigers – Thisara Perera, George Bailey, Fawad Ahmed, Niroshan Dickwella, Sunil Narine
- Toronto Nationals – Kieron Pollard, Yuvraj Singh, Brendon McCullum, Trent Boult, Heinrich Klaasen, Sandeep Lamichhane
- Vancouver Knights – Shoaib Malik, Chris Gayle, Tim Southee, Andre Russell, Rassie van der Dussen
- Winnipeg Hawks – Umar Akmal, Chris Lynn, Dwayne Smith, Dwayne Bravo, JP Duminy, Najibullah Zadran
There are six teams in fray and during the course of the tournament, the teams will play in three stages including the Playoffs to reach the Global T20 Canada 2019 final, which is scheduled to take place on 11th Aug 2019.
In the finals played on 11th August 2019 at CAA Centre Brampton, Winnipeg Hawks beat Vancouver Knights in Super Over to clinch the 2nd version of the Global T20 Canada 2019. It was a nail-biting finish to say the least. The key highlights of the Finals of the Global T20 Canada 2019 is as below –
- At the end of 20-overs, Vancouver Knight and Winnipeg Hawks were tied at the same scores of 192
- Winnipeg chased down 10 runs in the Super Over to win the final
- JP Duminy was awarded Player of the Tournament for top-scoring with 332 runs
T20 Cricket fans will eagerly wait for the next version of Global T20 Canada 2020.