Sialkot Stallions

Sialkot Stallions
سیالکوٹ اسٹالینز
Personnel
Captain	Shoaib Malik
Coach	Azmat Rana
Owner
Team information
Colors	/
Founded	2004
Dissolved	2016
Home ground	Jinnah Stadium
Capacity	30,000
History
National T20 Cup wins	6 (2005–2006) (2006–2007) (2008–2009) (2009) (2009–2010) (2011–2012)
Official website	pcb.com.pk

The Sialkot Stallions (Urdu: سیالکوٹ اسٹالینز) are a National T20 Cup team, based in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan. The team was established in 2004 and its home ground is Jinnah Stadium located in Sialkot. The team is one of several proposed franchises for the Pakistan Super League. Former Pakistani captain Shoaib Malik is the current captain of the Stallions. The manager of the team is Naeem Akhtar.

The Stallions are the most successful team in Pakistani Twenty20 history, having won five consecutive National T20 Cups between 2005/2006 and 2009/10 under the coaching of Azmat Rana. This period of success included a winning streak of 25 consecutive games, a world record for a top-level Twenty20 competition.

Champions League Twenty20[]

Sialkot Stallions were among eight teams from around the world to secure a berth for the 2008 Champions League Twenty20 that was to be held in India. However, the tournament was cancelled due to 2008 Mumbai Attacks.

The Stallions became the first Pakistan domestic team to officially receive an invitation to play in the Champions League Twenty20, to be held in the South Africa in 2012.^[1] Later on, they got the confirmation from the CLT20's Governing Council after it approved the BCCI's invitation to Sialkot Stallions for participation in CLT20.^[2] Then, it was revealed that the Stallions will have to compete (with five other teams from different countries) in Qualifier tournament for two available positions in the Champions League.

Squad[]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
	Qaiser Abbas	(1982-05-07) 7 May 1982 (age 39)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Nauman Anwar	(1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 32)	Right-handed
	Shahid Yousuf	(1986-06-15) 15 June 1986 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Ali Khan	(1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Imran Nazir	(1981-11-16) 16 November 1981 (age 40)	Right-handed	Legbreak
	Mohammad Ayub Dogar	(1979-09-13) 13 September 1979 (age 42)	Right-handed	Right-arm offbreak
All-rounders
	Shoaib Malik	(1982-02-01) 1 February 1982 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm Right-arm offbreak	Captain
	Haris Sohail	(1989-01-09) 9 January 1989 (age 32)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Bilawal Bhatti	(1991-09-17) 17 September 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
	Ali Akbar	(1984-11-25) 25 November 1984 (age 37)	Right-handed
	Kamran Younis	(1985-01-20) 20 January 1985 (age 36)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Mansoor Amjad	(1987-12-14) 14 December 1987 (age 34)	Right-handed	Legbreak googly
Wicket-keepers
	Shakeel Ansar	(1978-11-11) 11 November 1978 (age 43)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
	Naved-ul-Hasan	(1978-02-28) 28 February 1978 (age 43)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Abdur Rehman	(1980-03-01) 1 March 1980 (age 41)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Naved Arif	(1981-11-02) 2 November 1981 (age 40)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
	Raza Hasan	(1992-06-08) 8 June 1992 (age 29)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Usama Mir	(1994-10-22) 22 October 1994 (age 27)	Right-handed	Leg break googly
	Muhammad Ali Arfan	(1994-10-22) 22 October 1994 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-bowler
	Mohammed Asif	(1982-12-20) 20 December 1982 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-bowler
	Mohammad Abbas	(1990-03-10) 10 March 1990 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm Fast medium

Result summary[]

T20 RESULTS[]

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Summary of results by season ^[4]
International tournaments are written in **bold**
Year	Played	Wins	Losses	% Win
T20 Cup 2004/05	3	1	2	33.33%
T20 Cup 2005/06	8	8	0	100.00%
T20 Cup 2006/07	4	4	0	100.00%
T20 Cup 2008/09	4	4	0	100.00%
T20 Cup 2009	4	4	0	100.00%
T20 Cup 2009/10	4		0	100.00%
T20 Cup 2010/11	2	1	1	50.00%
Super-8 T20 2011	5	2	3	50.00%
T20 Cup 2011/12	4	4	0	100.00%
Super-8 T20 2012	5	5	0	100.00%
CLT20 2012	2	1	1	50.00%
T20 Cup 2012/13	6	4	2	66.67%
Super 8 2013	5	3	2	60.00%
T20 Cup 2013/14	5	3	2	60.00%
Total	60	48	12	80.00%

Sialkot Stallions logo before the 2010–11 season

Results by opposition ^[5]
International teams are written in **bold**
Opposition	Played	Wins	Losses	% Win
Abbottabad Falcons	2	2	0	100.00%
Auckland Aces	1	0	1	00.00%
Faisalabad Wolves	4	3	1	75.00%
Hampshire Royals	1	1	0	100.00%
Hyderabad Hawks	5	5	0	100.00%
Islamabad Leopards	3	2	1	66.67%
Karachi Dolphins	8	6	2	75.00%
Karachi Zebras	8	7	1	87.50%
Lahore Eagles	5	4	1	80.00%
Lahore Lions	7	4	3	57.14%
Larkana Bulls	1	1	0	100.00%
Multan Tigers	5	4	1	80.00%
Peshawar Panthers	2	2	0	100.00%
Quetta Bears	2	2	0	100.00%
Rawalpindi Rams	6	5	1	83.33%
Total	60	48	12	80.00%

Sponsor[]

The Stallions were sponsored by telecommunication giant Ufone in last season.

The 2011 sponsor for Sialkot Stallion is .

In 2011/12 National T20 Cup, Sialkot Stallions was Sponsored by [1] The Sound Master.

References[]

^ "CLT20 set to have team from Pakistan".
^ "Sialkot Stallions confirmed in CLT20 2012". Archived from the original on 10 July 2012.
^ "Records – Sialkot – Twenty20 matches – Records by team". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
^ "Records – Sialkot – Twenty20 matches – List of match results (by year)". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
^ http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=6;id=3146;type=team^{[bare URL]}

External links[]

[1] "CLT20 set to have team from Pakistan".

[2] "Sialkot Stallions confirmed in CLT20 2012". Archived from the original on 10 July 2012.

[3] "Records – Sialkot – Twenty20 matches – Records by team". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2012.

[4] "Records – Sialkot – Twenty20 matches – List of match results (by year)". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2012.

[5] ttp://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=6;id=3146;type=team^{[bare URL]}

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