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2004–05 National Twenty20 Cup

Cricket tournament

Field	Value
image	2004–05 National Twenty20 Cup.PNG
fromdate	25
todate	30 April 2005
administrator	Pakistan Cricket Board
cricket format	Twenty20
tournament format	Round-robin and final
host	Pakistan Lahore
champions
count	1
participants	11
matches	19
next_year	2005–06
next_tournament	2005–06 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup

| player of the series = The 2004–05 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup was the first edition of the ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup, a domestic Twenty20 tournament in Pakistan sponsored by ABN AMRO bank. It was held from 25 to 30 April 2005 in Lahore. The Faisalabad Wolves won the tournament by defeating the Karachi Dolphins in the final. As the winners, the Faisalabad Wolves were invited to compete in the International 20:20 Club Championship, hosted by Leicestershire County Cricket Club in England, in September 2005, which they also won.

This was the first Twenty20 tournament in the country, after the introduction of the Twenty20 format in 2003. It was huge success with the final having an attendance of 30,000. It helped increase the popularity of cricket in Pakistan and became an annual tournament.

The tournament also involved a match-throwing incident with Sialkot Stallions captain Shoaib Malik.

Format

The eleven teams are divided into three groups: Groups A and B with four teams each and Group C with three. Each team plays a single round-robin tournament and the top team from each group, determined by a point system, advances to the triangular series. The triangular series is another round-robin tournament where the top two teams advance to the final.

Result		Points
Won
Loss
No result

The position of the teams in the points table is determined by:

Total points
Won
Lost (fewest)
Net run rate

Prize money

The winners are awarded a trophy and Rs. 300,000 while the runners-up receive Rs. 150,000.

Results

The top team from each group qualify for the triangular series.

Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
3	2	0	1	5	+1.579
3	1	1	1	3	+1.585
3	0	1	2	2	–2.200
3	0	1	2	2	–3.530

Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
3	2	1	4	–0.450
2	1	1	2	+0.969
2	1	1	2	+0.283
3	1	2	2	–0.617

Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
2	2	0	4	+4.000
2	1	1	2	+1.853
2	0	2	0	–5.690

: Qualified for triangular series

Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
2	1	1	2	+0.242
2	1	1	2	+0.117
2	1	1	2	–0.348

: Qualified for final

Fixtures

:All times in Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+05:00)

Group stage

Group A

Group B

The match referee annulled the points in this match when the Sialkot Stallions captain admitted to deliberately losing the match.

Group C

Triangular series

Final

Match-throwing incident

The tournament involved a match-throwing incident in the match between the Sialkot Stallions and the Karachi Zebras. Shoaib Malik, the captain of the Stallions, openly admitted to deliberately losing their match against the Karachi Zebras in an attempt to eliminate the Lahore Eagles from the competition. Neither team received points for the match. PCB declared the match void and Karachi Zebras were denied a place in the triangular phase of the ABN Amro Twenty20 Cup despite winning their Pool 'B' fixture against Sialkot Stallions. Malik was expressing his disappointment at earlier decisions in the competition that he felt went against his side and it did not involve any match-fixing or financial implications.

Malik's actions were against his code of conduct as a Test cricketer and had effect on the image of Pakistan cricket, the sponsors and the audience. After realising this, Malik later apologised. He was banned for one Test match and fined Rs. 10,000 and 75% of his match fees for two One Day International matches.

Media coverage

Ten Sports (live)

References

Sohail, Asif. (30 April 2005). "Faisalabad Wolves win Pakistan's first ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup". CricketArchive.
(17 September 2005). "Faisalabad Wolves International 20:20 champions". ESPN.
Sohail, Asif. (2005). "Twenty-overs cricket is here to stay". CricketArchive.
(1 May 2005). "Pakistan to make Twenty-20 Cup regular domestic feature". AFP.
"Shoaib Malik given one-Test ban".
(2005). "ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup 2004/05 Points Table". Pakistan Cricket Board).
(2005-04-29). "Match ends on dubious note". Dawn.
(2 May 2005). "Shoaib Malik given one-Test ban". ESPN.
(2005). "Shoaib Malik faces match-throwing inquiry". AFP.
(2 May 2005). "Shoaib Malik banned from first WI Test and fined". Pakistan Cricket Board.

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