Qatar T10 League
# Qatar T10 League

Qatar T-10 Cricket League or QT10 League is a T-10 franchise cricket league, a form of cricket similar to Twenty20 cricket but played over only 10 overs per side. It was founded in Doha and has six teams. The tournament is organised by the Qatar Cricket Association in assistance with International Pro Event. Television broadcasts on Geo Super and online broadcast on Crictraker. The league has been approved by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi signed as the Qatar T10 League's Ambassador.

## Teams

| Team | Founded | Captain |
| - | - | - |
| Desert Riders | 2019 | Mohammad Hafeez |
| Flying Oryx | 2019 | Hussain Talat |
| Falcon Hunters | 2019 | Iqbal Hussain |
| Heat Stormers | 2019 | Manpreet Gony |
| Pearl Gladiators | 2019 | Mohammad Sami |
| Swift Gallopers | 2019 | Kamran Akmal |

## 2019 Edition

Qatar T-10 Cricket League was the inaugural edition of the Qatar T10 League, the 10-over format tournament organized by the Qatar Cricket Association in assistance with International Pro Event from 7 December 2019 to 16 December 2019. The tournament was approved by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The T10 league had 6 teams comprising 24 international cricket stars, 12 players from associate ICC countries, Qatar national cricket team players and other local players. South African batsman Hashim Amla was rolled in to lead the international stars. Pakistani player Mohammad Hafeez and Andre Fletcher were also amongst the other international stars to be taking part in the League.

All the matches were played at the Asian Town International Cricket Stadium, Doha.

The following teams and squads were announced for the tournament.

| Desert Riders | Falcon Hunters | Flying Oryx | Heat Stormers | Pearl Gladiators | Swift Gallopers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mohammad Hafeez (c) Sohail Tanveer Imal Liyanage (wk) Khurram Manzoor Shahadat Hossain Ramith Rambukwella Amjad Khan Mohammed Nadeem Kithruwan Vithanage Chundangapoyil Rizwan Javed Ahmadi Awais Malik Muhammad Tanveer Mujeeb Khan Muhammad Ikram Adnan Mirza | Iqbal Hussain Chaudhry (c) Hashim Amla Mohammed Rizlan (wk) Johnson Charles Salman Butt Ammad Butt Saad Bin Zafar Aqib Ilyas Fayyaz Butt Tom Abell Kamran Khan Taimoor Sajjad Murad Khan Irshad Umer Nawaf Pullangadam Hussain Khan | Hussain Talat (c) Andre Fletcher Assad Borham (wk) Krishmar Santokie Kennar Lewis Aftab Alam Sompal Kami Abdul Shakoor Amjad Gul Harmandeep Singh Bilawal Iqbal Nouman Sarwar Musawar Shah Asif Raja Imran Ashraf Jassim Khan Bilal Butt | Manpreet Gony Mohammad Shahzad Chandrapaul Hemraj Sikandar Raza Mohammad Shahid Hazratullah Zazai Mohammad Irfan jr Scott Edwards Rana Naeem Anwar Gayan Munaweera Raja Amir Andri Berenger Dharmang Patel Imraz Rafi Owais Ahmed Talal Ahmad Khan Afsarullah Khan | Mohammad Sami Ajantha Mendis Sharjeel Khan Malinda Pushpakumara Afsar Zazai Karim Sadiq Fahad Nawaz Adil Khan Mehran Khan Faisal Javed Khurram Shahzad Mohammad Nafees Qalandar Khan Mohammad Nadeem Saqlain Arshad Philip Joseph | Kamran Akmal (c) Jahanzeb Naveed (wk) Umar Gul Luke Wright Imran Nazir Danza Hyatt Shafiqullah Shafiq Richmond Mutumbami Ansh Tandon Chirag Suri Sufyan Mehmood Zaheeruddeen Ibrahim Inam-ul-Haq Sadiq NM Zain Uddin Syed Tameem Ali Imran |

The final points table was,

| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swift Gallopers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +2.715 |
| Falcon Hunters | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | + 2.379 |
| Desert Riders | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | + 0.344 |
| Pearl Gladiators | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | - 1.828 |
| Flying Oryx | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | - 2.071 |
| Heat Stormers | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - 2.075 |

The complete schedule of Qatar T10 League 2019 was as follows.

* All timings are mentioned as per Qatar's local time.
* 7 December 2019 8:30 PM Scorecard

| Pearl Gladiators 83/5 (10) | v | Flying Oryx 85/1 (7.4) |
| - | - | - |
| Faisal Javed 27 (26) Naved Malik 2/26 (2) | | Hussain Talat 59* (29) Mohammed Nadeem 1/11 (2) |

* Flying Oryx won by 9 wickets. West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar Player of the match: Hussain Talat (Flying Oryx)
* Flying Oryx won the toss & elected to bowl.
* 8 December 2019 6:30 PM Scorecard

| Swift Gallopers 93/5 (10) | v | Desert Riders 94/3 (8.5) |
| - | - | - |
| Kamran Akmal 29 (13) Mohammad Hafeez 2/13 (2 overs) | | Muhammad Tanveer 49 (21) Inam-ul-Haq 12/1 (1 over) |

* Desert Riders won by 7 wickets. West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar Player of the match: Muhammad Tanveer (Desert Riders)
* Desert Riders won the toss and elected to bowl first.
* 8 December 2019 9:00 PM Scorecard

| Heat Stormers 103/6 (10) | v | Falcon Hunters 104/4 (10) |
| - | - | - |
| Dharmang Patel 26 (14) Tamoor Sajjad 2/21 (2 overs) | | Salman Butt 39 (27) Owais Ahmed 3/19 (2 overs) |

* Falcon Hunters won by 6 wickets. West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar Player of the match: Salman Butt (Falcon Hunters)
* Falcon Hunters won the toss and will bowl first.
* 9 December 2019 6:30 PM Scorecard

| Flying Oryx 95/6 (10) | v | Desert Riders 96/3 (8.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Bilawal Iqbal 17 (21) Muhammad Iqram 2/23 (2 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 45 (23) Naved Malik 2/8 (1 over) |

* Desert Riders won by 7 wickets. West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Desert Riders)
* Desert Riders won the toss & elected to bowl.
* 9 December 2019 9:00 PM Scorecard

| Swift Gallopers 116/5 (10) | v | Falcon Hunters 110/9 (10) |
| - | - | - |
| Zaheer Ibrahim 32 (19) Irshad Umer 1/14 (1 over) | | Mohammed Rizlan 35 (19) Gyan Wimalashantha 2/12 (1) |

* Swift Gallopers won by 6 runs. West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar Player of the match: Zaheer Ibrahim (Swift Gallopers)
* Swift Gallopers won the toss and choose to bat.
* 10 December 2019 6:30 PM Scorecard

| Pearl Gladiators | v | Desert Riders |
| - | - | - |

* Match abandoned West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar
* No Toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* 10 December 2019 9:00 PM Scorecard

| Heat Stormers | v | Flying Oryx |
| - | - | - |

* Match abandoned West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain
* 11 December 2019 6:30 PM Scorecard

| Desert Riders 89/2 (10 overs) | v | Falcon Hunters 90/4 (8.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Muhammad Tanveer 33 (22) Saad Bin Zafar 1/4 (1 over) | | Mohammed Rizlan 35 (17) Ramith Rambukwella 1/5 (1 over) |

* Falcon Hunters won by 6 wickets. West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar Player of the match: Mohammed Rizlan (Falcon Hunters)
* Falcon Hunters won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 11 December 2019 9:00 PM Scorecard

| Swift Gallopers 153/7 (10 overs) | v | Heat Stormers 87/7 (10 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Imran Ali 53* (17) Satvir Singh 2/16 (2 overs) | | Manpreet Gony 31 (11) Mughees Bajwa 2/6 (2 overs) |

* Swift Gallopers won by 66 runs West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar Player of the match: Imran Ali (Swift Gallopers)
* Heat Stormers won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 12 December 2019 6:30 PM Scorecard

| Swift Gallopers 115/6 (10 overs) | v | Pearl Gladiators 67/10 (8,4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Zaheer Ibrahim 35 (14) Ajantha Mendis 2/28 (2 overs) | | Mehran Khan 16 (10) Ali Imran 3/16 (1,4 overs) |

* Swift Gallopers won by 48 runs West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar Player of the match: Ali Imran (Swift Gallopers)
* Heat Stormers won the toss elected to field.
* 12 December 2019 9:00 PM Scorecard

| Flying Oryx 45/10 (9.2 overs) | v | Falcon Hunters 49/0 (4.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Harmandeep Singh 15 (11) Amad Butt 3/7 (1.2) | | Hashim Amla 22* (16) |

* Falcon Hunters won by 10 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar Player of the match: Amad Butt (Falcon Hunters)
* Falcon Hunters won the toss and choose to bowl.
* 13 December 2019 6:30 PM Scorecard

| Heat Stormers 134/2 (10 overs) | v | Desert Riders 135/5 (10 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sikandar Raza 87* (41) Mohammad Hafeez 1/22 (2 overs) | | Adnan Mirza 51 (25) Gayan Munaweera 29/2 (2 overs) |

* Desert Riders won by 5 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar Player of the match: Adnan Mirza (Desert Riders)
* Desert Riders won the toss and elected to bowl
* 13 December 2019 9:00 PM Scorecard

| Falcon Hunters 117/3 (10 overs) | v | Pearl Galdiators 81/7 (10 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Mohammed Rizlan 37* (9) Mehran Khan 1/13 (2 overs) | | Malinda Puspakumara 14 (12) Iqbal Hossain 2/10 (2 overs) |

* Falcon Hunters won by 37 runs West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar Player of the match: Mohammed Rizlan (Falcon Hunters)
* Pearl Gladiators won the toss and choose to field
* 14 December 2019 6:30 PM Scorecard

| Swift Gallopers 98/6 (10 overs) | v | Flying Oryx 71/8 (10 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ravinderpal Singh 34 (18) Bilawal Iqbal 2/14 (2 overs) | | Bilawal Iqbal 18 (12) Mohammad Imran 3/14 (2 overs) |

* Swift Gallopers won by 27 runs West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar Player of the match: Mohammad Imran (Swift Gallopers)
* Swift Gallopers won the toss and choose bat.
* 14 December 2019 9:00 PM Scorecard

| Pearl Gladiators 93/6 (10 overs) | v | Heat Stormers 78/10 (8,4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sohaib Maqsood 36 (24) Batin Shah 3/14 (2 overs) | | Imraz Rafi 27 (14) Philip Joseph 3/20 (1.4 overs) |

* Pearl Gladiators won by 15 runs West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Qatar Player of the match: Sohaib Maqsood (Pearl Gladiators)
* Pearl Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
* 15 December 2019 6:30 PM (D/N) Scorecard

| Desert Riders | v | Falcon Hunters |
| - | - | - |

* Match abandoned West End Park International Cricket Stadium
* , Doha
* No toss
* No play was possible due to rain
* 15 December 2019 9:00 PM (D/N) Scorecard

| Flying Oryx | v | Swift Gallopers |
| - | - | - |

* Match abandoned West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
* No toss
* No play was possible cause of rain
* 16 December 2019 3:00 PM Scorecard

| Flying Oryx | v | Desert Riders |
| - | - | - |

* Match abandoned West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
* No toss
* No play was possible due to rain
* 16 December 2019 17:00 PM (D/N) Scorecard

| Swift Gallopers 85/7 (10 overs) | v | Falcon Hunters 87/6 (9.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ali Imran 19 (12) Murad Khan 2/18 (2 overs) | | Salman Butt 18 (10) Ali Imran 2/8 (2 overs) |

* Falcon Hunters won by 4 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Player of the match: Iqbal Hossain (Falcon Hunters)
* Falcon Hunters won the toss and elected to field

## Investigations

In December 2019, International Cricket Council (ICC) opened an anti corruption investigations after fixers intercepted at 2019 Qatar T10 League.

## Broadcast

| Territory | Years | Channels |
| - | - | - |
| Pakistan | 2019–present | Geo Super |
| Online Worldwide | 2019–present | CricTracker |
