2018 Global T20 Canada
The 2018 Global T20 Canada of the Global T20 Canada, was a professional Twenty20 cricket tournament that was played in Canada. It was the first edition of the tournament and ran from 28 June to 15 July 2018. Six teams took part, with all the matches played at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario.
A player draft took place on 3 June 2018. Approximately 1,600 players registered for the draft, with 600 of those from Canada. 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. 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 scandal|ball-tampering] during the third Test match between Australian [cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18#3rd Test|South Africa and Australia] in March 2018, and handed 12-month suspension "from all international and domestic cricket" although they were "permitted to play club cricket" during the suspension period.
In the final, Vancouver Knights defeated West Indies B [cricket team|West Indies B] by seven wickets to win the tournament.
Teams and squads
The following teams, squads and coaches were announced for the tournament:Points table
- The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
- Advanced to Playoff 1
- Advanced to Playoff 2
League stage
The full fixtures were confirmed on 13 June 2018. 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. Times shown were Eastern [Daylight Savings Time|Eastern DST].Round 1
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Round 2
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Playoffs
Bracket
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