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Mohsin Kamal|bowlingcoach = |fielding_coach = PAK}} Kamran Akmal|od_captain = |overseas = Orangeno-diagonal=yes}}|founded = 2004|dissolved =2016Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan>Punjab, PakistanLahore City Cricket Association Ground>LCCA Ground Gaddafi Stadium|capacity = 62,250Lahore Regional Cricket Association>LRCA PCB|ceo = |manager = Shafiq Ahmed|adviser = |first_fc = |first_fc_year = |first_fc_venue = |title1 = Haier T20 Cup3 (2010–11 Faysal Bank T20 Cup>2010), (2012–13 Faysal Bank T20 Cup), (2013–14 Faysal Bank T20 Cup>2013)|title2 = CLT20|title2wins = 0|title3 = |title3wins = |title4 = |title4wins = |website = lahorelions.pcb.com.pk|current = }}Lahore Lions (, Punjabi: لہور لائنز abbreviated as LIO) was a Pakistani franchise cricket team representing the city of Lahore and was one of the 19 domestic teams. The team was established by Lahore Regional Cricket Association in 2004/05 in its home ground Lahore City Cricket Association Ground. Domestically, the team played in the Haier T20 Cup. The team won its first title in 2010 where they defeated Karachi Dolphins by 37 runs at their home ground, Gaddafi Stadium.WEB,weblink Faysal Bank T-20 Cup / News – Lahore Lions take title after runfest, ESPNCricinfo, 10 April 2012,

History

Lahore Lions are the most successful Twenty20 team in the history of the Lahore Regional Cricket Association, and the second most successful in the country after the Sialkot Stallions. The team won the T20 Cup 2010/11 under the captaincy of Shoaib Iqbal Joiya and qualified for the inaugural Super-8 T20 Cup. Lahore Lions won the 2013–14 season and qualified for the Champions League T20.

2014–15 squad

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width:90%;"! style="text-align:center; background:orange; color:#000;"| No.! style="text-align:center; background:orange; color:#000;"| Name! style="text-align:center; background:orange; color:#000;"| Nat! style="text-align:center; background:orange; color:#000;"| Birth date! style="text-align:center; background:orange; color:#000;"| Batting style! style="text-align:center; background:orange; color:#000;"| Bowling style! style="text-align:center; background:orange; color:#000;"| Notes! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| BatsmenNasir Jamshed >{{flagicon198906|Ahmed Shehzad >{{flagicon199123legbreak >| Umar Siddiq >{{flagicon199230off break >|! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| All-roundersAgha Salman >{{flagicon199323off break >| Mohammad Hafeez >{{flagicon19807off spin >Vice Captain (cricket)>Vice CaptainShoaib Iqbal >{{flagicon199615legbreak >| ! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Wicket-keepersUmar Akmal >{{flagicon199026| part-time spinner Kamran Akmal >{{flagicon198526Captain (cricket)>Captain! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| BowlersAsif Raza >{{flagicon198711fast medium >| Wahab Riaz >{{flagicon198528fast bowling>fast Aizaz Cheema >{{flagicon198711fast medium >| Imran Ali (cricketer, born 1980)>Imran Ali style="text-align:center"PAK}} {{birth date and age10df=y}} Right-handed Right-arm fast medium Adnan Rasool >{{flagicon198101off spin >| Mustafa Iqbal >{{flagicon198930Left-arm orthodox spin>orthodox Mohammad Saeed (cricketer, born 1983)>Mohammad Saeed style="text-align:center"PAK}} {{birth date and age10df=y}} Right-handed Right-arm fast medium Ali Manzoor >{{flagicon199108Left-arm orthodox spin>orthodox

Former notable players

• Muhammad Yousuf
• Abdul Razzaq
• Imran Farhat (Now, plays for Lahore Eagles)
• Imran Tahir (Now, plays for Highveld Lions, South Africa)
• Salman Butt
• Kamran Akmal (Plays Sometimes for Lahore Eagles and sometimes for Lahore Lions)
• Azhar Ali (Plays Sometimes for Lahore Eagles and sometimes for Lahore Lions)
• Taufeeq Umar (Now, plays for Lahore Eagles)

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Honours{| class"wikitable" style"background:#fff;" width"80%" style"text-align:center;"|

! Season! Haier T20 Cup! Super 8 T20 Cup! Champions League T20! 2004/05! Group stage! –!style="background: white;"| –! 2005/06! style="background: orange;"| Semi-Finalists! –!style="background: white;"| –! 2006/07!style="background: orange;"| Semi-Finalists! –!style="background: white;"| –! 2008/09!style="background: orange;"| Semi-Finalists! –!style="background: white;"| DNQ! 2009!style="background: silver;"| Runners-up! –!style="background: white;"| DNQ! 2009/10!style="background: orange;"| Semi-Finalists! –!style="background: white;"| DNQ!style="border: 3px solid red"| 2010/11!style="background: gold;"| Champions!style="background: orange;"| Semi-Finalists!style="background: white;"| DNQ! 2011/12! Group stage!style="background: orange;"| Semi-Finalists!style="background: white;"| DNQ!style="border: 3px solid red"| 2012/13!style="background: gold;"| Champions!style="background: orange;"| Semi-Finalists!style="background: white;"| DNQ!style="border: 3px solid red"| 2013/14!style="background: gold;"| Champions! Did Not Held!style="background: #ceff00;"| Group stage! 2014/15!style="background: silver;"| Runners-up!style="background: magenta;"| Qualified!style="background: white;"| –

• DNQ = Did not qualify

Fixtures and results

T20 results

{| class="wikitable"weblink ESPN, 13 September 2014, ! !! Played !! Wins !! Losses !! Tied !! % WinPakistan}} T20 Cup 2004/05| 50.00%Pakistan}} T20 Cup 2005/06| 83.33%Pakistan}} T20 Cup 2006/07| 66.67%Pakistan}} T20 Cup 2008/09| 66.67%Pakistan}} T20 Cup 2009| 80.00%Pakistan}} T20 Cup 2009/10| 75.00%Pakistan}} T20 Cup 2010/11| 100.00%Pakistan}} Super 8 2011| 75.00%Pakistan}} T20 Cup 2011/12| 50.00%Pakistan}} Super 8 2012| 75.00%Pakistan}} T20 Cup 2012/13| 100.00%Pakistan}} Super 8 2013| 75.00%Pakistan}} T20 Cup 2013/14| 83.33%IND}} {{flagiconAUS}} CLT20 2014| 50.00%Pakistan}} T20 Cup 2014/15| 60.00%! Total67 >51 >16 >0 >| 76.11%">

By Opposition {| class"wikitable sortable"

! style="background:#b0e0e6; color:#000;"|Opposition! style="background:#b0e0e6; color:#000;"|Played! style="background:#b0e0e6; color:#000;"|Wins! style="background:#b0e0e6; color:#000;"|Losses! style="background:#b0e0e6; color:#000;"|Tied! style="background:#b0e0e6; color:#000;"|% Win! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| DomesticPakistan}} Abbottabad Falcons| 83.33%Pakistan}} Bahawalpur Stags| 66.66%Pakistan}} DM JAMALI Ibexes| 100.00%Pakistan}} Faisalabad Wolves| 57.14%Pakistan}} Hyderabad Hawks| 100.00%Pakistan}} Islamabad Leopards| 100.00%Pakistan}} Karachi Dolphins| 50.00%Pakistan}} Karachi Zebras| 100.00%Pakistan}} Lahore Eagles| –Pakistan}} Multan Tigers| 100.00%Pakistan}} Peshawar Panthers| 75.00%Pakistan}} Quetta Bears| 100.00%Pakistan}} Rawalpindi Rams| 75.00%Pakistan}} Sialkot Stallions| 42.85%! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| International! style="background:black; text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|RSA}} Sunfoil Dolphins| 100.00%!style="background:indigo; text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|IND}} Kolkata Knight Riders| 00.00%! style="text-align:left; background:blue;"| {{flagicon|IND}} Mumbai Indians| 100.00%! style="background:#ffa6c9; text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|NZ}} Northern Knights| 00.00%! style="background:orange; text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Perth Scorchers| 00.00% {{flagiconSouthern Express T20>Southern Express| 100.00%! style="background:#b0e0e6; color:#000;"|Total67 >51 >16 >0 >| 76.11%

CLT20 2014 season

Lahore Lions qualified first time for the Champions League Twenty20, becoming the third Pakistani team overall to participate in the tournament since its inception.WEB, Lahore Lions issued Indian visa,weblink ESPN, Umar Farooq, 13 September 2014, Abdul Razzaq was not included in the squad as Pakistan Cricket Board rejected Muhammad Hafeez's request to add him.WEB, CLT20 2014: PCB rejected Mohammad Hafeez’s request,weblink The Cricket Country, 13 September 2014, The squad contained the following players:Mohammed Hafeez(c), Ahmad Shahzad, Umar Siddique Khan, Muhammad Umar Akmal, Nasir Jamshaid, Muhammad Salman Ali, Asif Raza, Muhammad Mustafa Iqbal, Wahab Riaz, Aizaz Bin Ilyas Cheema, Imran Ali, Saad Naseem, Adnan Rasool, Muhammad Saeed and Ali Manzoor.WEB, CLT20 2014 squads announced,weblink First Post, 13 September 2014, The team defeated 2013 Champions Mumbai Indians and Southern Express of Sri Lanka to qualify for the main event. After a washout in their game against Chennai Super Kings, they defeated Dolphins of South Africa. But Lahore Lions played their last match against Perth Scorchers and lost it match which made them out of tournament.NEWS, Marsh, Hogg knock Lahore Lions out of Champions League T20,weblink 2 October 2014, Daily Times (Pakistan), Daily Times, The captain Muhammad Hafeez was satisfied with the team for their exceptional performance in the event, he said: "I think our team’s performance in the face of limited resources was remarkable. Unlike other big teams, we didn’t have batting, bowling or fielding coaches with us, but we still managed to fight well. We learned a lot from the CLT20 and it’s great for young domestic players to come and perform at such a big stage.”NEWS, Hafeez satisfied with Lahore Lions in CLT20,weblink 2 October 2014, The Nation, PCB decided to hold the domestic T20 competition in Pakistan on the same dates as the Champions League. This meant that a second Lahore Lions team played in the Pakistani tournament and the main team played in the Champions League 2014. The second XI were defeated in the finals of the domestic competition by Peshawar Panthers.{| class="wikitable sortable"! style="width:2%;"|No.! style="width:11%;"|Date! style="width:20%;"|Opponent! style="width:13%;"|Venue! style="width:55%;"|Result! style="width:9%;" |Scorecard style="background:#dfd;" 1 {{dts2=9format=md}} Mumbai Indians Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium >1=4}}Won by 6 wickets Cricinfostyle="background:#fdd;" 2 {{dts2=9format=md}} Northern Districts men's cricket team >Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium>Raipur {{nts| Cricinfo style="background:#dfd;" 3 {{dts2=9format=md}} Southern Express T20 >Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium>Raipur {{nts| Cricinfo style="background:#fdd;" 4 {{dts2=9format=md}} Kolkata Knight Riders Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium >1=4}}Lost by 4 wickets Cricinfo 5 {{dts2=9format=md}} Chennai Super Kings M. Chinnaswamy Stadium >1=4}}Rain interrupted the match Cricinfo style="background:#dfd;" 6 {{dts2=9format=md}} Dolphins cricket team >M. Chinnaswamy Stadium>Bangalore {{nts| Cricinfo style="background:#fdd;" 7 {{dts2=9format=md}} Perth Scorchers M. Chinnaswamy Stadium >1=4}}Lost by 3 wickets Cricinfo

Captains' record

List of captains of Lahore Lions for Twenty20 matches are as follows:WEB,weblink Records for Lahore Lions in T20 matches - List of captains, ESPNcricinfo, 23 April 2024, {| class="wikitable"! Player !! Span !! Match !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! NR !! %Pakistan}} Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer) >| 71.42Pakistan}} Imran Farhat 2005 1 1 0 0 0 100.00Pakistan}} Abdul Razzaq (cricketer) >| 76.92RSA}} Imran Tahir 2006 1 1 0 0 0 100.00Pakistan}} Kamran Akmal 2006–2015 9 7 2 0 0 77.77Pakistan}} Salman Butt 2010 4 3 1 0 0 75.00Pakistan}} Mohammad Hafeez 2012–2014 24 19 5 0 0 79.16Pakistan}} Azhar Ali 2014 5 3 2 0 0 60.00

Sponsors

FR Cables was the sponsor of the Lahore Lions in 2010-11 Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup and were sponsored by FR Cables for the Faysal Bank Super 8 T20 Cup 2011 as well. Brighto Paints were the sponsors of Lions in 2014 Champions League Twenty20.NEWS, Faysal Bank T20 Cup 2014 Team Sponsors,weblink 2 October 2014, Official News Pakistan,

See also

• Pakistan Super League

References

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External links

• Lahore Lions on ESPN Cricinfo

{{Pakistan Twenty20 League}}