The 2019 Global T20 Canada was the second edition of the Global T20 Canada, a professional Twenty20cricket tournament that was played at the CAA Centre, Brampton in Ontario, Canada.[1][2] It started on 25 July 2019, and concluded with the final on 11 August 2019.[3] It was slightly later in the calendar than the previous tournament, to avoid clashing with the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[4] Vancouver Knights were the defending champions.[5] A new team named New York Legends were announced to replace Cricket West Indies B Team.[6] However, the idea was later cancelled,[2] and the Brampton Wolves were named as the sixth franchise team in June 2019.[7]
On 26 July 2019, the start of the match between Montreal Tigers and Winnipeg Hawks was delayed by 90 minutes due to a bomb threat, when a suspicious package was found in the venue. The package was removed, with the match being reduced to twelve overs per side.[8]
The final, between the Winnipeg Hawks and the Vancouver Knights, finished in a tie.[9] Winnipeg Hawks won the match in the Super Over, to win their first title.[10]
Teams and squads
The following teams, squads and coaches were announced for the tournament.[7][11][12] More than 1,000 cricketers from 42 nations were on the list for the players' draft.[13]
Toronto Nationals won by 2 wickets CAA Centre, Brampton Umpires: Harry Grewal (Can) and Vishal Sudhalkar (Can) Player of the match: Manpreet Gony (Toronto Nationals)
Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
Brampton Wolves won by 10 wickets CAA Centre, Brampton Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Bijal Patel (Can) Player of the match: Ish Sodhi (Brampton Wolves)
Montreal Tigers won by 4 wickets CAA Centre, Brampton Umpires: Harry Grewal (Can) and Arnold Maddela (Can) Player of the match: Dillon Heyliger (Montreal Tigers)
Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Vancouver Knights won by 8 wickets CAA Centre, Brampton Umpires: Harry Grewal (Can) and Bijal Patel (Can) Player of the match: Daniel Sams (Vancouver Knights)
Vancouver Knights won the toss and elected to field.
Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
The start of the match was delayed by three hours due to protests by players over wage payments. Bombay Sports publicly denied that this was the case, claiming that it was due to technical issues.[14]
