Dates | 31 July – 10 August 2019 |
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Administrator(s) | Afghanistan Cricket Board |
Cricket format | List A |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin, knockout |
Champions | Nangarhar Province (1st title) |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 15 |
Player of the series | Zubaid Akbari |
Most runs | Munir Ahmad (348) |
Most wickets | Nijat Masood (17) |
The 2019 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup was a List A cricket competition that took place in Afghanistan between 31 July and 10 August 2019.[1] It was the third year of domestic List A cricket to be played in Afghanistan, following the announcements by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in February and May 2017.[2][3] Eight teams qualified for the tournament, and were divided into two groups of four.[4]
Nangarhar Province won the tournament, after beating Kabul Province by six wickets in the final, with Najeeb Tarakai scoring a century.
Points table
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Pool A
Team qualified for the finals
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Pool B
Team qualified for the finals |
Fixtures
[edit]Group A
[edit]Paktia Province
85 (31.4 overs) |
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Khost Province
86/1 (16.1 overs) |
Sadiqullah 30 (54)
Khalil Gurbaz 4/17 (5.4 overs) |
- Khost Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Nimatullah, Bismillah Zadran, Naseer Ahmad, Abid Sadaf, Ihsanullah, Emal, Khalil Gurbaz, Nasim Mangal, Niamat Khoshal (Khost Province), Yousuf Shah, Sadam Totakhil, Rahman Zurmatia, Sadiqullah, Akmal Orya, Amir Zazai, Ishaq Saqi, Sami Totakhil and Sami Zadran (Paktia Province) all made their List A debuts.
Kandahar Province
309/7 (50 overs) |
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Balkh Province
103 (24.1 overs) |
Baqibullah 58* (36)
M Aleem 3/45 (8 overs) |
Mohammad Wasim Mandozai 20 (30)
Baqibullah 4/32 (8.1 overs) |
- Balkh Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Wasim Mandozai, Abdul Razaq, M Aleem, Azim Khan, Hassan, Ibrahim, Ihsanullah, Rozaddin (Balkh Province), Nasibullah Sherdali, Ali Ahmad, Ahmad Zahir, Baqibullah, Najibullah, Ahmadullah and Ahmad Khan (Kandahar Province) all made their List A debuts.
Balkh Province
192 (45.1 overs) |
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Paktia Province
150 (38.4 overs) |
Saifullah 42 (50)
Abdullah Mazari 4/43 (9.4 overs) |
- Paktia Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Kamil (Balkh Province), Safiullah, Janat Mir Zadran and Riaz (Paktia Province) all made their List A debuts.
Kandahar Province
245/9 (50 overs) |
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Khost Province
218 (47.5 overs) |
Emal 138 (151)
Waqarullah Ishaq 5/41 (10 overs) |
- Khost Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Nazifullah (Kandahar Province) and Ihsanullah (Khost Province) both made their List A debuts.
Khost Province
203/9 (50 overs) |
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Balkh Province
165 (43 overs) |
Mohammad Wasim Mandozai 60 (30)
Nimatullah 4/44 (10 overs) |
- Khost Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Zafar Balkh (Balkh Province), Asghar Atal, Mohammadullah and Ihsanullah (Khost Province) all made their List A debuts.
Kandahar Province
207 (49.5 overs) |
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Paktia Province
209/4 (28.5 overs) |
Dawood Ahmadzai 79 (66)
Munir Ahmad 1/6 (1 over) |
- Paktia Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Bilal Ahmad, Ansarullah, Fawad Ahmad (Kandahar Province), Imran Dawlatzai, Izatullah Zazy, Izat Shah Zadran, Abdul Latif Husainkhil and Dawood Ahmadzai (Paktia Province) all made their List A debuts.
Group B
[edit]Nangarhar Province
277/9 (50 overs) |
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Kabul Province
200 (31.2 overs) |
Mohammad Sardar 63 (62)
Wali Agha 3/42 (8.2 overs) |
- Kabul Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Amanullah Rafiqi, Wasim Zazai, Mirwais, Izharulhaq Naveed, Noman, Safiullah (Kabul Province), Abid Mohammadi, Zubaid Akbari, Yasin, Nasim Surkhrodai, Farhad Momand, Akbar Musazai, Wali Agha and Hassan (Nangarhar Province) all made their List A debuts.
Herat Province
190 (43.2 overs) |
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Logar Province
191/6 (39.3 overs) |
Abdul Ghani 68 (84)
Said Khan 6/42 (9.2 overs) |
- Logar Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Younus, Akbar Ali, Mohammad Kabir, Mohammad Ibrahim, Abdul Ghani, Abdullah Tarakhail, Ahmad Wali, Ainuddin Kakar, Hamayoun, Abdul Rahman (Herat Province), Samiullah Ihsas, Mohammad Sabir, Abdul Qadeer, Asad Khan, Baseer Khan, Khalid Zahedi, Ali Ahmad, Mohammadullah, Mohammad Zahir, Said Khan and Zakiullah Sultani (Logar Province) all made their List A debuts.
Nangarhar Province
327/8 (50 overs) |
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Herat Province
222 (45.3 overs) |
Fahim 49 (74)
Zubaid Akbari 3/35 (9 overs) |
- Nangarhar Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mir Zaman, Imran Anwar and Fahim (Herat Province) all made their List A debuts.
Logar Province
254/9 (50 overs) |
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Kabul Province
256/8 (49.5 overs) |
- Logar Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bilal, Mohammad Iqbal, Ziaulhaq (Kabul Province), Mohammad Amin and Musa Khan (Logar Province) all made their List A debuts.
Logar Province
248/9 (50 overs) |
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Nangarhar Province
252/3 (46 overs) |
- Logar Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Allah Noor, Riaz, Wafiullah, Yousuf Khan (Nangarhar Province), Khalil and Zahid Khan (Logar Province) all made their List A debuts.
Kabul Province
308/8 (50 overs) |
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Herat Province
236 (48.2 overs) |
Mohammad Sardar 109 (116)
Abdul Salam 2/39 (4 overs) |
Ghulam Jelani 60 (79)
Nijat Masood 4/53 (9.2 overs) |
- Kabul Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Amin (Kabul Province), Abdul Salam and Ghulam Jelani (Herat Province) all made their List A debuts.
Finals
[edit]Khost Province
86 (27.5 overs) |
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Kabul Province
89/0 (16.2 overs) |
M Hashum 21 (32)
Nijat Masood 7/23 (9.5 overs) |
Bilal 55* (58)
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- Khost Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shaheen, Anwar (Khost Province) and Shakirullah (Kabul Province) all made their List A debuts.
Kandahar Province
271 (50 overs) |
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Nangarhar Province
272/4 (43.1 overs) |
Munir Ahmad 98 (96)
Wali Agha 4/43 (10 overs) |
- Nangarhar Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Pakhtoon Sarfaraz (Nangarhar Province) made his List A debut.
Kabul Province
273/8 (50 overs) |
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Nangarhar Province
274/4 (47.4 overs) |
- Nangarhar Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Mashoqullah (Nangarhar Province) made his List A debut.
References
[edit]- ^ "2019 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup: Fixtures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "In Principle Agreement to Constitutional and Financial Changes to ICC". International Cricket Council. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Provincial Grade-one Challenge Cup starts tomorrow". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup (Grade I) 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 August 2019.