The Global T20 Canada tournament begins on Thursday and will include some top names like Steve Smith and David Warner as T20 gears up to sweep North America.
The tournament will be held from June 28 to July 15. In all, six teams will take part in the league with the matches played at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in Ontario.
Find the team list and tournament schedule below.
TEAMS
Toronto Nationals
Daren Sammy, Steve Smith, Steve Smith, Kieron Pollard, Kamran Akmal (wk), Anton Devcich, Mohammad Sami, Nikhil Dutta, Johnson Charles, Kesrick Williams, Mohammad Naveed, Nazakat Khan, Farhan Malik, Nitish Kumar, Usama Mir, Rohan Mustafa, Muhammad Umair Ghani,
Coach: Phil Simmons
Montreal Tigers
Lasith Malinga, Sunil Narine, Dwayne Smith, Denesh Ramdin, Moises Henriques, Sandeep Lamichhane, Peter Siddle, Sikandar Raza, Kevon Cooper, George Worker, Najibullah Zadran, Cecil Pervez, Mohammed Khaleel (wk), Dilon Heyliger, Nicholas Kirton, Rayyankhan Pathan
Coach: Tom Moody
Vancouver Knights
Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Evin Lewis, Tim Southee, Chadwick Walton (wk), Farwad Ahmed, Babar Hayat, Sheldon Conttrell, Saad Bin Zafar, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Srimantha Wijeyeratne, Kamau Leverock, Steven Jacobs, Salman Nazar, Rassie Van Der Dussen, Jeremy Gordon
Coach: Donovan Miller
Edmonton Royals
Shahid Afridi, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mohammed Ifran, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Wayne Parnell, Farhan Behardien, Andre Fletcher, Hassan Khan, Agha Salman, Shaiman Anwar, Ammar Khalid, Satsimranjit Dhindsa, Ahmed Raza, Simon Pervez, Abraash Khan
Coach: Mohammad Akram
Winnipeg Hawks
Dwayne Bravo, David Miller, David Warner, Lendl Simmons, Darren Bravo, Fidel Edwards, Rayad Emrit, Ben McDermott, Ali Khan, Hamza Tariq (wk), Junaid Siddiqui, Tion Webster, Rizwan Cheema, Hiral Patel, Mark Deyal, Kyle Philip
Coach: Waqar Younis
West Indies XI
Anthony Bramble (wk), Fabian Allen, Alick Athanaze, Roland Cato, Justin Greaves, Derval Green, Kavem Hodge, Brandon King, Jeremiah Louis, Obed Mcoy, Khary Pierre, Nicholas Pooran, Shamar Springer, Sherfane Rutherford
SCHEDULE (UAE time)
June 28, 2018
Midnight, Toronto Nationals v Vancouver Knights
June 29, 2018
Midnight, Montreal Tigers v Winnipeg Hawks
June 30, 2018
19:00 Toronto Nationals v Edmonton Royals
Midnight Montreal Tigers v WI
July 1, 2018
19:00 Vancouver Knights v Winnipeg Hawks
Midnight Edmonton Royals v WI
July 2, 2018
19:00 Toronto Nationals v Winnipeg Hawks
Midnight Montreal Tigers v Vancouver Knights
July 4, 2018
Midnight Montreal Tigers v Edmonton Royals
July 5, 2018
Midnight Winnipeg Hawks v WI
July 6, 2018
Midnight Vancouver Knights v Edmonton Royals
July 7, 2018
19:00 Toronto Nationals v WI
Midnight Winnipeg Hawks v Edmonton Royals
July 8, 2018
19:00 Vancouver Knights v WI
Midnight Toronto Nationals v Montreal Tigers
SECOND ROUND
July 10, 2018
19:00 First place v Sixth place
Midnight Second place v Fifth place
July 11, 2018
Midnight Third place v Fourth place
PLAYOFFS
July 12, 2018
19:00 Playoff 1
Midnight Playoff 2
July 14, 2018
23:00 Playoff 2
July 15, 2018
23:00 Final
