2018 Global T20 Canada
The 2018 Global T20 Canada (also known as Canada Dry Global T20 Canada for sponsorship reasons) of the Global T20 Canada, was a 20-over cricket cricket tournament played in Canada. It was the first edition of the tournament and ran from 28 June to 15 July 2018. Six teams took part, with all the matches played at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario.
| Dates | 28 June – 15 July 2018 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Cricket Canada |
| Cricket format | 20-over cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | Canada |
| Champions | Vancouver Knights (1st title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 22 |
| Player of the series | Lendl Simmons (Winnipeg Hawks) |
| Most runs | Lendl Simmons (Winnipeg Hawks) (321) |
| Most wickets | Sheldon Cottrell (Vancouver Knights) (16) |
| Official website | www |
A player draft took place on 3 June 2018. Approximately 1,600 players registered for the draft, with 600 of those from Canada. Ahead of the draft, the following ten international cricketers were named as marquee players: Shahid Afridi, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle, Chris Lynn, Lasith Malinga, David Miller, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy and Steve Smith. Smith played in the opening match of the tournament and Warner played in the second match of the tournament, both played their first representative matches since being found guilty of ball-tampering during the third Test match between South Africa and Australia in March 2018.
In the final, Vancouver Knights defeated Cricket West Indies B Team by seven wickets to win the tournament.