Dubai: Lancashire Lightning and MCC England XI were forced to share the 2017 Emirates Twenty20 (T20) trophy after rain stopped play in the final at the ICC Academy in Dubai Sports City on Friday.

Lancashire had earlier topped their group by beating the Birmingham Bears by 63-runs and Lahore Qalandars by 16 runs to reach the final.

In the other group, MCC had beaten Durham Jets by six wickets and Peshawar Zalmi by seven runs, to meet Lancashire in the final.