Abu Dhabi T20 League 2018 Live Scores, Schedule, Squads, Points Table, Live Streaming & TV Channels
Abu Dhabi T20 League 2018 is the inaugural edition of the Abu Dhabi T20 League. The 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy is Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament planned to be held in the United Arab Emirates. The first edition of the tournament is scheduled to start in October 2018, six teams divided into two groups, the competition is sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Abu Dhabi Cricket (ADC) has announced an abbreviated T20 league which features six teams and runs across three days from October 4-6. Named Abu Dhabi T20 League, the inaugural season will witness a domestic team each from England, South Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Australia in addition to a team from the United Arab Emirates. The inaugural Abu Dhabi T20 will see six of the greatest T20 teams descend on the UAE capital to vie for the Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy, in a tournament expected to run annually until 2020. Over three days and several matches, the contenders, including some of the world’s most celebrated cricketing stars, will take to the field at the state-of-the-art Zayed Cricket Stadium in a fiercely fought competition where team and personal reputations will be at stake.
SuperSport to telecast live coverage of Abu Dhabi T20 League 2018 in South Africa; all matches live streamed on the SuperSport digital platform (Website, App). OSN Sports Cricket HD have TV rights to provide live coverage of matches in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Countries.
Cricket viewers in the United States likely to watch Abu Dhabi T20 League 2018 on Willow TV and FreeSports has acquired the UK television rights to broadcast the inaugural Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy cricket. FreeSports to broadcast tournament live coverage in the United Kingdom, FreeSports available on Sky, Freeview, Freesat, BT, TalkTalk and TVPlayer.
Group A: Auckland Aces, Boost Defenders, Multiply Titans
Group B: Yorkshire Vikings, Lahore Qalandars, Hobart Hurricanes
Abu Dhabi T20 League 2018 Schedule, Live Scores & Results
Date: October 04, 2018
Match: Auckland Aces vs Boost Defenders, 1st T20
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Time: 12:00 PM GMT, 04:00 PM Local, 05:30 PM IST
Date: October 04, 2018
Match: Yorkshire Vikings vs Lahore Qalandars, 2nd T20
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Time: 04:00 PM GMT, 08:00 PM Local, 09:30 PM IST
Date: October 05, 2018
Match: Hobart Hurricanes vs Lahore Qalandars, 3rd T20
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Time: 11:00 AM GMT, 03:00 PM Local, 04:30 PM IST
Date: October 05, 2018
Match: Multiply Titans vs Boost Defenders, 4th T20
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Time: 03:00 PM GMT, 07:00 PM Local, 08:30 PM IST
Date: October 06, 2018
Match: Yorkshire Vikings vs Hobart Hurricanes, 5th T20
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Time: 07:00 AM GMT, 11:00 AM Local, 12:30 PM IST
Date: October 06, 2018
Match: Multiply Titans vs Auckland Aces, 6th T20
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Time: 03:00 PM GMT, 07:00 PM Local, 08:30 PM IST
Date: October 06, 2018
Match: Multiply Titans vs Lahore Qalandars, Final
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Time: 04:00 PM GMT, 08:00 PM Local, 09:30 PM IST
Team Squads for Abu Dhabi T20 League 2018
The first edition of the tournament is scheduled to feature the following teams:
- Boost Defenders of the Shpageeza Cricket League
- Hobart Hurricanes of the Big Bash League
- Lahore Qalandars of the Pakistan Super League
- Multply Titans of the Ram Slam T20 Challenge
- Yorkshire Vikings of the T20 blast
- Auckland Aces of the Super Smash
Hobart Hurricanes Squad: Johan Botha, Ben Duckett, Nathan Ellis, Jordan Clark, Caleb Jewell, Lawrence Neil-Smith, Keegan Oates, Jerome Taylor, Charlie Wakim, Jack White, Sean Willis, Mac Wright
Yorkshire Squad: Steven Patterson (c), Gary Ballance, Tim Bresnan, Harry Brook, Karl Carver, Ben Coad, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Jack Leaning, Adam Lyth, Josh Poysden, Josh Shaw, Jonny Tattersall (wk), Jordan Thompson, Matthew Waite
Auckland Aces Squad: Craig Cachopa (c), Finn Allen, Michael Barry, Robbie O’Donnell, Jamie Brown, Graeme Beghin, Danru Ferns, Sean Solia, Michael Guptill-Bunce, Ben Horne, Ben Lister, Matt McEwan, Will Somerville
Lahore Qalandars Squad: Sohail Akhtar (c), Abdul Razzaq, Maaz Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Ali Majid, Haris Rauf, Salman Irshad, Sajjad Ali Hashmi, Muhammad Faizan, Imran Nazir, Zulfiqar Babar, Ahsan Mirza, Phil Salt, Nuwan Kulasekara, Bilal Irshad, Farhan Raza, Mitchell MCclenaghan
Boost Defenders Squad: Colin Ingram (c), Cameron Delport, Ben Cox, Kyle Abbott, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Paul Stirling, Ramith Rambukwella, Ronsford Beaton, Rokhan Barikzai, Yamin Ahmadzai, Jeevan Mendis, Noor ul Haq, Younis Ahmadzai, Munir Kakkar, Nijat Masood, Rokhan Barikzai, Abdullah Mazari
Abu Dhabi T20 League 2018 Points Table, Team Standings
Abu Dhabi T20 League 2018 Point table for the League tournament shall be compiled by UAE cricket board, below full information of points provided on different situation.
Abu Dhabi T20 League 2018 standings will be updated daily after match result with net run rate to know which four teams are leading to the race of the quarter-finals (playoff).
Points System
- 2 points awarded for each match won
- 1 point per team taking part in any match with no result and any match which is tied (super over not possible or super over also tied)
- 0 points awarded for any match lost
Points Table (M – Matches, PTS – Points)
| Group A | Teams | M | PTS |
| 1 | Boost Defenders | 1 |
2 |
| 2 | Multply Titans | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Auckland Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Group B |
Teams | M | PTS |
| 1 | Lahore Qalandars | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Hobart Hurricanes | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Yorkshire Vikings | 1 | 0 |
The team with the highest number of points shall be at the top of the table, and the team with the lowest shall be at the bottom. Playoff matches will be played between top two teams standings in point table.
Playoff Matches
- If any of the Final, the Eliminator, Qualifier 1 or Qualifier 2 matches are tied, or there is no result, then The teams shall compete in a Super Over to determine which team is the winner of the match.
- If conditions do not permit a Super Over within the time available to determine the winner or if the Super Over is tied then the team which finished in the higher position in the League table will be the winner of the play-off match.
