Global Canada T20 2023: Schedule and Match Start Times

The third edition of the Global Canada T20 2023 is set to commence on Friday, July 21, with a thrilling face-off between Brampton Wolves and Mississauga Panthers. This eagerly-awaited 20-over tournament is making a comeback after a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Organized by Cricket Canada and recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the tournament will feature six teams: Brampton Wolves, Mississauga Panthers, Montreal Tigers, Surrey Jaguars, Toronto Nationals, and Vancouver Knights. Each team will comprise 16 players from full and associate nations, including two world-renowned players, three Canadian national team talents, and three emerging Canadian players.

The tournament will follow a round-robin format in the league stage, where all teams will play a total of seven games. The top four teams at the end of the league phase will qualify for the playoffs. The playoffs will see the top two teams compete in Qualifier 1 for a direct spot in the final, while the third and fourth-placed teams will meet in the Eliminator for a spot in Qualifier 2. Qualifier 2 will pit the loser of Qualifier 1 and the winner of the Eliminator for the second spot in the final.

The tournament will span over 18 days, with a total of 25 matches being played. All matches will be held at the CAA Centre in Brampton, Ontario. The tournament will feature big names like Chris Gayle, Harbhajan Singh, Kieron Pollard, Shoaib Malik, and Andre Russell.

The tournament will kick off with Brampton Wolves vs Mississauga Panthers at 1:00 AM IST on July 21, followed by Vancouver Knights vs Toronto Nationals at 8:30 PM IST. The league matches will continue until August 3, with the playoffs starting on August 4. The grand finale will take place on Sunday, August 6, at 9:30 PM IST.

The inaugural edition of the tournament was won by Vancouver Knights, while Winnipeg Hawks clinched the title in the second edition. With the return of the tournament, cricket fans worldwide are eagerly waiting to see who will emerge as the champions of the Global Canada T20 2023.

Global Canada T20 2023 schedule and match start times

All timings as per Indian Standard Time (IST)

Friday, July 21

Brampton Wolves vs Mississauga Panthers – 1:00 AM

Vancouver Knights vs Toronto Nationals – 8:30 PM

Saturday, July 22

Surrey Jaguars vs Montreal Tigers – 1:00 AM

Vancouver Knights vs Mississauga Panthers – 8:30 PM

Sunday, July 23

Brampton Wolves vs Toronto Nationals – 1:00 AM

Mississauga Panthers vs Montreal Tigers – 8:30 PM

Monday, July 24 

Brampton Wolves vs Surrey Jaguars – 1:00 AM

Tuesday, July 25

Toronto Nationals vs Surrey Jaguars – 8:30 PM

Wednesday, July 26

Vancouver Knights vs Montreal Tigers – 1:00 AM

Toronto Nationals vs Mississauga Panthers – 8:30 PM

Thursday, July 27

Brampton Wolves vs Montreal Tigers – 1:00 AM

Friday, July 28

Brampton Wolves vs Vancouver Knights – 8:30 PM

Saturday, July 29

Mississauga Panthers vs Surrey Jaguars – 1:00 AM

Toronto Nationals vs Montreal Tigers – 8:30 PM

Sunday, July 30

Vancouver Knights vs Surrey Jaguars – 1:00 AM

Brampton Wolves vs Mississauga Panthers – 8:30 PM

Monday, July 31

Toronto Nationals vs Montreal Tigers – 1:00 AM

Tuesday, August 1

Brampton Wolves vs Surrey Jaguars – 8:30 PM

Wednesday, August 2

Montreal Tigers vs Vancouver Knights – 1:00 AM

Surrey Jaguars vs Mississauga Panthers – 8:30 PM 

Thursday, August 3

Toronto Nationals vs Vancouver Knights – 1:00 AM

Friday, August 4

Qualifier 1: First Place vs Second Place – 8:30 PM

Saturday, August 5

Eliminator: Third Place vs Fourth Place – 1:00 AM

Qualifier 2: Winner of Eliminator vs Loser Qualifier of 1 – 9:30 PM

Sunday, August 6

Global Canada T20 2023 Final: Winner Qualifier of 1 vs Winner Qualifier of 2 – 9:30 PM

Global Canada T20 2023 teams and squads

Brampton Wolves: Harbhajan Singh, Colin De Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Mark Sinclair Chapman, Usama Mir, Hussain Talat, Usman Khan, Logan Van Beek, Jan Nicolaas Frylinck, Max O Dowd, Jeremy Gordon, Aaron Johnson, Rizwan Cheema, Shahid Ahamdzai, Rishiv Joshi, Gurpal Singh Sandhu

Montreal Tigers: Andre Russel, Shakib Al Hassan, Chris Lynn, Sherfane Rutherford, Carlos Brathwaite, Muhammad Abbas Afridi, Zahir Khan, Muhammad Waseem, Akif Raja, Aayan Khan, Dipendra Airee, Kaleem Sana, Srimantha Wijeratne, Matthew Spoors, Bupendra Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Anoop Chima

Mississauga Panthers: Shoaib Malik, Chris Gayle, Azam Khan, James Neesham, Cameron Scott Delport, Shahnawaz Dahani, Zahoor Khan, Tom Cooper, Cecil Pervez, Jaskarandeep Singh Buttar, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nikhil Dutta, Shreyas Movva, Praveen Kumar, Mihir Patel, Ethan Gibson

Surrey Jaguars: Alex Hales, Iftikhar Ahmed, Jason Behrendorff, Litton Kumar Das, Karim Janat, Mohammad Haris, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ayaan Khan, Jatinder Singh, Bernard Scholtz, Paragat Singh, Dillon Heyliger, Ammar Khalid, Sunny Matharu, Sheel Patel, Kairav Sharma

Toronto Nationals: Colin Munro, Shahid Afridi, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Zaman Khan, Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Hamza Tariq, Gerhard Erasmus, Johannes Jonathan Smit, Farhan Malik, Saad Bin Zafar, Nicholas Kirton, Armaan Kapoor, Sarmad Anwar, Rommel Shahzad, Udhaya Bhagwan

Vancouver Knights: Mohammad Rizwan, Rassie Van Der Dussen, Naveen Ul Haq, Reeza Raphael Hendricks, Corbin Bosch, Najibullah Zadran, Junaid Siddiqui, Vriitya Aravind, Karthik Meiyappan, Ruben Trumplemann, Ravinderpal Singh, Harsh Thaker, Rayyan Pathan, Nawab Singh, Muhammad Kamal, Kanwar Tathgu