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Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament
Countries Afghanistan
AdministratorCricket Afghanistan
FormatList A cricket
First edition2017
Latest edition2019
Tournament formatRound-robin
Number of teams5
Current championMis Ainak Region (1st title)
Most successfulSpin Ghar Region
Boost Region
Mis Ainak Region (1 title each)
Websitehttp://www.cricket.af/
2019 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament

The Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament is a cricket tournament organized by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) that forms part of the Afghanistan domestic cricket season. Starting from the 2017 season, following announcements from the ICC earlier in the same year, the tournament is recognized with List A status.[1][2][3] The first ever domestic List A matches played in Afghanistan took place at the start of the 2017 edition of the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 August 2017 at Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost.[4] It is named after Afghan King Amanullah Khan. The winner of the first tournament was Spin Ghar Region.

Teams

The Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament features the six regional sides of Afghanistan, each of which represents a number of provinces. Kabul Region, the sixth side that features in Afghanistan's first-class (Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament) and Twenty20 (Shpageeza Cricket League) tournaments did not compete in the one-day tournament in 2017.

Name Home ground Franchise name
Amo Region Balkh Cricket Stadium, Mazar-i-Sharif
Kunduz Cricket Ground, Kunduz		 Sharks
Band-e-Amir Region Ghazni Cricket Ground, Ghazni Dragons
Boost Region Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar Defenders
Kabul Region Alokozay Kabul International Cricket Ground, Kabul Eagles
Mis Ainak Region Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost Knights
Spin Ghar Region Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad Tigers

See also

References

  1. ^ "Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. ^ "In Principle Agreement to Constitutional and Financial Changes to ICC". International Cricket Council. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. ^ "ICC Recognizes Afghanistan's Domestic ODI Tournament As List A League". Bakhtar News. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament Fixtures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

External links

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