2006–07 National Twenty20 Cup

Cricket tournament

Cricket tournament

2006–07 National Twenty20 CupDates| 21 – 26 December 2006

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Administrator(s)| Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format| Twenty20
Tournament format(s)| Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)|  Karachi
Champions| Sialkot Stallions (2nd title)
Participants| 13
Matches| 18

<- 2005–06

2008–09 ->

The 2006–07 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup was the third season of the ABN AMRO Twenty-20 Cup in Pakistan, sponsored by ABN AMRO. It was held in Karachi from 21 to 26 December 2006. The tournament was reduced to a shorter format similar to the 2004–05 edition with 18 matches. The Sialkot Stallions successfully defended the title by defeating the Karachi Dolphins in the final.[1]

## Format

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The 13 teams are divided into four groups: Pool A with four teams, Pool B, C and D with three each. Each group plays a single Round-robin tournament and the top team from each group advances to the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals play the final.[2]

Awarded points  Result | Points

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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

### Prize money

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The prize money was increased from the previous year, with the winners receiving almost twice that of the previous year.[3][4]

* Final
* Winners: Rs. 1,000,000
* Runners-up: Rs. 500,000
* Match victories
* Winners of group matches: Rs. 15,000
* Losers of group matches: Rs. 10,000
* Winners of semi-finals: Rs. 20,000
* Losers of semi-finals: Rs. 15,000

## Results

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### Teams and standings

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The top team from each group qualify for the semi-finals.

Pool A  Team  |  Pld  |  W  |  L  |  NR  |  Pts  |  NRR

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Karachi Dolphins | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.394
Faisalabad Wolves | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +2.049
Lahore Eagles | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +0.067
Abbottabad Rhinos | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | –3.345
Pool B  Team  |  Pld  |  W  |  L  |  NR  |  Pts  |  NRR

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Sialkot Stallions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.282
Karachi Zebras | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1.478
Hyderabad Hawks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | –1.513
Pool C  Team  |  Pld  |  W  |  L  |  NR  |  Pts  |  NRR

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Peshawar Panthers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +2.038
Multan Tigers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.141
Islamabad Leopards | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | –2.150
Pool D  Team  |  Pld  |  W  |  L  |  NR  |  Pts  |  NRR

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Lahore Lions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.274
Rawalpindi Rams | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.450
Quetta Bears | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | –0.721

Qualified for semi-finals

### Knockout stage

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| Semifinals | | | Final |

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| A1 | Peshawar Panthers | 124/9 | |
| C1 | Karachi Dolphins | 128/5 |
| | C1 | Karachi Dolphins | 137/7 |
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| | | B1 | Sialkot Stallions | 151 |
| B1 | Sialkot Stallions | 120/1 |

| D1 | Lahore Lions | 119 |

## Fixtures

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### Group stage

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Pool A

21 December
Scorecard

Lahore Eagles
170/6 (20 overs)

Abbottabad Rhinos
90 (17.2 overs)

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Ashfaq Ahmed 50 (27)
Dilawar Khan 2/27 (4 overs)

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Adnan Raees 25 (25)
Junaid Zia 3/15 (4 overs)

Lahore Eagles won by 80 runs
National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi
Umpires: Akbar Khan and Islam Khan

* Abbottabad Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
* Hammad Ali, Junaid Khan and Nasir Jalil (Abbottabad Rhinos) all made their T20 debuts.

* * *

21 December (D/N)
Scorecard

Karachi Dolphins
171/4 (20 overs)

Faisalabad Wolves
169/9 (20 overs)

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Khalid Latif 72 (47)
Saeed Ajmal 2/36 (4 overs)

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Misbah-ul-Haq 53 (33)
Shahid Afridi 2/29 (4 overs)

Karachi Dolphins won by 2 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Kaukab Butt and Saleem Badar

* Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
* Asad Ali and Mohammad Zahid (Faisalabad Wolves) made their T20 debuts.

* * *

22 December (D/N)
Scorecard

Faisalabad Wolves
162/7 (20 overs)

Lahore Eagles
138/8 (20 overs)

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Misbah-ul-Haq 60* (48)
Mohammad Khalil 3/40 (4 overs)

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Arsalan Mir 29 (20)
Asad Ali 2/12 (4 overs)

Faisalabad Wolves won by 24 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Islam Khan and Riazuddin

* Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

23 December
Scorecard

Abbottabad Rhinos
113/8 (20 overs)

Karachi Dolphins
114/2 (17.1 overs)

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Sajid Shah 37 (27)
Shahid Afridi 3/23 (4 overs)

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Shadab Kabir 40 (50)
Amjad Waqas 1/16 (3 overs)

Karachi Dolphins won by 8 wickets
Asghar Ali Shah Cricket Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Siddiq Khan

* Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.

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24 December
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Abbottabad Rhinos
105/8 (20 overs)

Faisalabad Wolves
106/3 (8.5 overs)

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Sajid Shah 30 (39)
Mohammad Hafeez 3/16 (4 overs)

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Mohammad Hafeez 33 (18)
Dilawar Khan 1/14 (0.5 overs)

Faisalabad Wolves won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Islam Khan

* Abbottabad Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mohammad Naeem and Wajid Ali (Abbottabad Rhinos) made their T20 debuts.

* * *

24 December
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Lahore Eagles
71 (14.5 overs)

Karachi Dolphins
74/1 (12.1 overs)

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Aamer Sajjad 18 (20)
Fawad Alam 2/4 (1.5 overs)

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Fawad Alam 34* (33)

Karachi Dolphins won by 9 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Siddiq Khan and Zameer Haider

* Lahore Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.

Pool B

21 December
Scorecard

Karachi Zebras
149/9 (20 overs)

Hyderabad Hawks
97/9 (20 overs)

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Asim Kamal 49 (30)
Rizwan Ahmed 2/24 (4 overs)

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Taj Wasan 26 (39)
Danish Kaneria 3/13 (4 overs)

Karachi Zebras won by 52 runs
United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi
Umpires: Iqbal Butt and Zaheer Ahmed

* Hyderabad Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
* Nasir Awais, Taj Wasan (Hyderabad Hawks) and Asif Zakir (Karachi Zebras) all made their T20 debuts.

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22 December (D/N)
Scorecard

Sialkot Stallions
106 (17.5 overs)

Karachi Zebras
69/5 (13.5 overs)

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Naved-ul-Hasan 28 (23)
Malik Aftab 4/17 (4 overs)

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Hasan Raza 28 (33)
Mohammad Asif 2/11 (4 overs)

Sialkot Stallions won by 2 runs (D/L)
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Siddiq Khan

* Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to bat.
* Play was stopped in the Karachi Zebras' innings after 13.5 overs. Their target would have been 72 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.

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23 December
Scorecard

Hyderabad Hawks
143/4 (20 overs)

Sialkot Stallions
144/3 (19 overs)

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Rizwan Ahmed 42* (40)
Tahir Mughal 2/22 (4 overs)

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Shoaib Malik 53* (61)
Farhan Ayub 2/23 (4 overs)

Sialkot Stallions won by 7 wickets
United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi
Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Raweed Khan

* Hyderabad Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ghulam Murtaza and Lal Kumar (Hyderabad Hawks) both made their T20 debuts.

Pool C

21 December (D/N)
Scorecard

Multan Tigers
124 (18.2 overs)

Peshawar Panthers
125/5 (17.5 overs)

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Saeed Anwar 51 (48)
Mohammad Aslam 4/13 (3.2 overs)

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Rafatullah Mohmand 32 (16)
Mohammad Irshad 2/14 (2 overs)

Peshawar Panthers won by 5 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Shakeel Khan

* Multan Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Imranullah Aslam (Multan Tigers) made his T20 debut.

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22 December
Scorecard

Multan Tigers
147/8 (20 overs)

Islamabad Leopards
126 (18.1 overs)

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Kamran Hussain 44 (32)
Azhar Mahmood 3/17 (4 overs)

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Bazid Khan 53 (45)
Imranullah Aslam 5/17 (4 overs)

Multan Tigers won by 21 runs
Asghar Ali Shah Cricket Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Iqbal Butt and Kaukab Butt

* Multan Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Fakhar Hussain, Naeem Anjum (Islamabad Leopards) and Hanain Abbas (Multan Tigers) made their T20 debuts.

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23 December (D/N)
Scorecard

Peshawar Panthers
146/6 (20 overs)

Islamabad Leopards
81/8 (20 overs)

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Wajahatullah Wasti 48 (38)
Iftikhar Anjum 2/27 (3 overs)

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Shoaib Akhtar 14 (13)
Fazl-e-Akbar 3/9 (3 overs)

Peshawar Panthers won by 65 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Rasheed Bhatti and Zameer Haider

* Islamabad Leopards won the toss and elected to field.

Pool D

22 December
Scorecard

Rawalpindi Rams
172/5 (20 overs)

Quetta Bears
152/9 (20 overs)

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Mohammad Wasim 86* (64)
Faisal Irfan 3/22 (4 overs)

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Shoaib Khan 44 (24)
Najaf Shah 2/41 (4 overs)

Rawalpindi Rams won by 20 runs
National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi
Umpires: Akbar Khan and Zaheer Ahmed

* Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and elected to bat.
* Gohar Faiz, Mohammad Alam (Quetta Bears); Akhtar Ayub, Naved Malik and Yasim Murtaza (Rawalpindi Rams) all made their T20 debuts.

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23 December (D/N)
Scorecard

Lahore Lions
178/7 (20 overs)

Rawalpindi Rams
176/8 (20 overs)

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Kamran Akmal 59 (34)
Akhtar Ayub 1/18 (2 overs)

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Babar Naeem 39 (21)
Kashif Siddiq 2/17 (4 overs)

Lahore Lions won by 2 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Mohammad Aslam and Saleem Badar

* Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
* Asif Raza, Imran Ali and Kashif Siddiq (Lahore Lions) all made their T20 debuts.

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24 December
Scorecard

Quetta Bears
148/5 (20 overs)

Lahore Lions
150/7 (19.1 overs)

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Umar Javed 43* (36)
Wahab Riaz 2/18 (3 overs)

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Rashid Riaz 32 (21)
Arun Lal 2/20 (4 overs)

Lahore Lions won by 3 wickets
United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi
Umpires: Rasheed Bhatti and Raweed Khan

* Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to field.
* Yasir Majeed (Quetta Bears) made his T20 debut.

### Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

25 December
17:00
Scorecard

Peshawar Panthers
124/9 (20 overs)

Karachi Dolphins
128/5 (15.4 overs)

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Mohammad Fayyaz 24 (23)
Azam Hussain 3/19 (4 overs)

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Shahid Afridi 49 (19)
Arshad Khan 2/40 (3.4 overs)

Karachi Dolphins won by 5 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Mohammad Aslam and Saleem Badar
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Karachi Dolphins)

* Peshawar Panthers won the toss and elected to bat.

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25 December
20:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Lahore Lions
119 (19.3 overs)

Sialkot Stallions
120/1 (17.1 overs)

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Adnan Raza 32 (33)
Naved-ul-Hasan 3/9 (4 overs)

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Imran Nazir 76* (59)
Kashif Siddiq 1/16 (4 overs)

Sialkot Stallions won by 9 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Shakeel Khan and Zameer Haider
Player of the match: Imran Nazir (Sialkot Stallions)

* Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to field.

Final

26 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sialkot Stallions
151 (20 overs)

Karachi Dolphins
137/7 (20 overs)

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Imran Nazir 46 (31)
Fawad Alam 5/27 (4 overs)

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Fawad Alam 54 (43)
Abdur Rehman 2/21 (4 overs)

Sialkot Stallions won by 14 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri and Riazuddin
Player of the match: Fawad Alam (Karachi Dolphins)

* Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.

## Media coverage

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* Geo Super (live)

## References

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1. ^ Bhatti, Gul Hameed (26 December 2006). "Alams's heroics can't deny Sialkot Stallions". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
2. ^ "ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup 2006/07 Points Table". Pakistan Cricket Board). 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
3. ^ "Sialkot Stallions begin favourites". ESPNcricinfo. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
4. ^ "Prize detail of ABN-AMRO Twenty/20 Cup". Pakistan Cricket Board. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2012.

## External links

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* Tournament page on ESPN CricInfo
* Tournament page on CricketArchive Archived 31 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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