2019 Hellenic Premier League
The 2019 Hellenic Premier League (HPL) was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Gouvia, Corfu, Greece between 14 and 19 October 2019.[1][2] The participating teams were the hosts Greece, along with Bulgaria, Serbia and three Greek club sides (Athens Pak, Corfu Pak and Forge Athens).[2][3] All of the national teams played their first matches with T20I status during the tournament, following the decision of the International Cricket Council (ICC) to grant full Twenty20 International status to all its members from 1 January 2019.[4]
| Dates | 14 – 19 October 2019 |
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| Cricket format | Twenty20 International and Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin, final |
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| Champions |  |
| Runners-up | Forge Athens |
| Participants | 6 (3 international) |
| Matches played | 11 (4 international)[n 1] |
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| Most wickets | |
The international teams competed in one group and the three club sides competed in a second group. The top two sides in the international group played a stand-alone final, that was not part of the HPL, to determine the winner of the international event; Bulgaria defeated Greece in the final by 18 runs.[5][6][7]
The group stage was followed by semi-finals and a final for the overall HPL event.[2] Greece defeated Corfu Pak in the first of the semi-finals.[8] In the second semi-final, Forge Athens defeated Bulgaria to join Greece in the final.[9] Greece won the final by 81 runs.[10][11] Bulgaria won the third-place play-off.[7]
International group
Fixtures
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Leslie Dunbar 104* (61) Prakash Mishra 3/12 (4 overs) |
Kiran Dasan 74 (59) Apon Mustafizur 2/30 (3 overs) |
- Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Agagyul Ahmadhel, Kiran Dasan, Valter Dikov, Boiko Ivanov, Hristo Ivanov, Ivaylo Katzarski, Hristo Lakov, Prakash Mishra, Nikolay Nankov, Dimo Nikolov, Subinthan Soosiyakumar (Bul), Rahman Ademi, Bilal Ahmed, Haris Dajc, Aleksa Djorovic, Bogdan Dugic, Leslie Dunbar, Sakib Hasan, Apon Mustafizur, Stefan Nerandzic, Jovan Reb and Matija Sarenac (Srb) all made their T20I debuts.
- Leslie Dunbar became the first batsman for Serbia to score a century in T20Is.
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Apon Mustafizur 11 (26) Arslan Ahmed 3/15 (4 overs) |
Muhammad Awais 32* (18) |
- Greece won the toss and elected to field.
- Arslan Ahmed, Asrar Ahmed, Alexandros Anemogiannis, Alexandros Aspiotis, Muhammad Awais, Georgios Galanis, Spyridon Goustis, Anastasios Manousis, Amarpreet Mehmi, Aslam Mohammad, Shaffeq Muhammad (Gre) and Ivan Civric (Srb) all made their T20I debuts.
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Hristo Lakov 27 (30) Spyridon Bantzas 3/12 (3 overs) |
Muhammad Awais 42* (34) Dimo Nikolov 1/22 (2 overs) |
- Bulgaria win the toss and elected to bat.
- Spyridon Bantzas, Georgios Nikitas (Gre) and Nikolay Yordanov (Bul) all made their T20I debuts.
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Prakash Mishra 23 (11) Georgios Galanis 3/32 (4 overs) |
Asrar Ahmed 25 (27) Kiran Dasan 3/23 (4 overs) |
Club group
Points table
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Athens | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Corfu Pak | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Athens Pak | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fixtures
14 October 2019 10:30 |
Athens Pak |
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Forge Athens |
15 October 2019 10:30 |
Athens Pak |
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Corfu Pak |
16 October 2019 14:30 |
Forge Athens |
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Corfu Pak |
Play-offs
Semi-final 2 18 October 2019 10:30 |
Forge Athens 170/6 (20 overs) |
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Sajid Mohamed 62 Prakash Mishra 2/9 |
Prakash Mishra 35 Nabi Jaan 1/11 (3 overs) |
Third-place play-off 19 October 2019 14:30 |
Corfu Pak 72 (16 overs) |
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Akram Sabaz 23 Prakash Mishra 5/24 (4 overs) |
Hristo Lakov 32 Akram Sabaz 2/8 (1 over) |
- Corfu Pak won the toss and elected to bat.
Final 19 October 2019 10:30 |
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Forge Athens 117 (18 overs) | |
Anastasios Manousis 71 (35) Shabbir Arsalan 2/25 |
Amjad Amboo 38 (22) Spyridon Goustis 4/19 (4 overs) |
- Forge Athens won the toss and elected to field.
- Greece won the 2019 Hellenic Premier League.
Notes
- 10 matches (including 3 T20Is) were played in the 2019 Hellenic Premier League. Bulgaria and Greece also played an additional match – that did not count towards the Hellenic Premier League – to determine the winner of the T20I event.
- Statistics are for the T20I matches only.
References
- "Hellenic Premier League T20 Senior Cricket Tournament". Hellenic Cricket Federation. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- "HPL Tournament". Team FORGE (via Facebook). Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- "Hellenic Premier League 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- "Bulgaria won the 1st place in corfu Greece". Bulgarian Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- "Scorebook updates". Bulgarian Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- "Исторически успех за българския крикет [Historical success for Bulgarian cricket]". Gong.bg. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- "HPL Tournament: Day 4". Team FORGE (via Facebook). Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- "HPL Tournament: Day 5". Team FORGE (via Facebook). Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- "Hellas won the Hellenic Premier League trophy". Hellenic Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- "The score card of the Grand Final of HPL". Hellenic Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 19 October 2019.