Tournament
The Emirates Airline T20 tournament 2017 will feature six international teams playing across two days on 23rd and 24th March. For the first year ever, the tournament will be hosted at the impressive, world class Dubai Sports City ICC Academy.
Some of the biggest stars in cricket are expected to play the tournament including Darren Sammy, Jonathon Trott, Shahid Afridi, Jimmy Anderson, Brendon McCullum and Ian Bell to name a few.
Confirmed teams include the hugely popular Peshawar Zalmi Foundation and Lahore Qalandars from the Pakistan Super League, Lancashire Lightning (2015 T20 Blast winners), the MCC Emerging England XI, Birmingham Bears (2016 RL Cup Winners) and Durham Jets. The full team line-ups will be announced in the weeks leading up to the tournament.
Previous winners of the tournament include Emirates XI, Nottingham, Sussex and Yorkshire County Cricket Clubs. Previous stars of the tournament include Jimmy Anderson, Ian Bell, Alastair Cook, Adam Gilchrist, Freddie Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Muttiah Muralitharan, Matt Prior, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh to name but a few!
The Schedule
Thursday 23rd March 2017
10:30 – Lancashire Lightning v Birmingham Bears
14:30 – Durham Jets v Peshawar Zalmi
18:30 – Birmingham Bears v Lahore Qalandars
Friday 24th March 2017
10:30 – MCC World XI v Durham Jets, Lancashire Lightning v Lahore Qalandars
14.15 – MCC World XI v Peshawar Zalmi
18:00 – 2017 Emirates Airline T20 Final
Previous Winners
|
Year |
Winner |
Runner-Up |
|
2016 |
Yorkshire |
Lancashire |
|
2015 |
Yorkshire |
Sussex |
|
2014 |
Sussex |
MCC |
|
2013 |
Sussex |
Fly Emirates XI |
|
2012 |
Sussex |
Lancashire |
|
2011 |
Nottinghamshire |
Sussex |
|
2010 |
Fly Emirates XI |
Sussex |
Highest Team Total
176-4 Yorkshire v Sussex 2015
172-8 Sussex v Fly Emirates XI 2013
164-4 Sussex v MCC 2015
162-6 Sussex v Lancashire 2012
159-5 Yorkshire v Lancashire 2015
159-6 Sussex v Fly Emirates XI 2010
158-5 MCC v Kerala Premier League 2014
Highest Individual Score
79* Andrew Hodd, Yorkshire v Sussex 2015
76* Samit Patel, Nottingham v Sussex 2011
76* Chris Nash, Sussex v Lancashire 2013
69 Derek Brand, Cape Cobras Emerging Players v Fly Emirates XI 2010
69 Craig Cachopa, Sussex v MCC 2015
68* Rahul Dravid, MCC v Fly Emirates XI 2013
62* Harry Finch, Sussex v MCC 2014
61* Laxman Sreekumar UAE XI v Lancashire 2016
61 Luis Reece, MCC v Kerala Premier League 2014
59 Michael Yardy, Surrey v Lancashire 2014
Best Bowling
5-11 James Anyon, Sussex v Cape Cobras Emerging Players 2010
5-17 Hamid Hassan, MCC v Nottingham 2011
4-7 Ollie Raynor, Sussex v Surrey 2010
4-10 Chris Nash, Sussex v Durham 2012
4-12 Matt Spriegel, Surrey v Sussex 2010
4-14 Chris Rushworth, Durham v Sussex 2012
4-16 Adil Rashid, Yorkshire v Sussex 2015
4-18 Jordan Clark, Lancashire v Sussex 2014
4-23 Will Beer, Sussex v MCC 2015
4-26 Will Beer, Sussex v Lancashire 2012
