2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament

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2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament
Dates10 August 2017 (2017-08-10) – 19 August 2017 (2017-08-19)
Administrator(s) Afghanistan Cricket Board
Cricket format List A
Tournament format(s) Round-robin, knockout
Champions Speen Ghar Region (1st title)
Participants5
Matches13
Most runs Rahim Mangal (276)
Most wickets Karim Janat (12)
Zahir Khan (12)
2018

The 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament was a List A cricket competition that took place in Afghanistan from 10 to 19 August 2017. [1] [2] It was the first edition of the competition to be played with List A status, following the announcements by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in February and May 2017. [1] [3] [4] Five teams competed; Amo Region, Band-e-Amir Region, Boost Region, Mis Ainak Region and Speen Ghar Region. Speen Ghar Region won the tournament, beating Boost Region by five wickets in the final.

Contents

Fixtures

Points table

Team [5] Pld W L T NRR Pts
Band-e-Amir Region 4400+0.5948
Speen Ghar Region 4220+0.8224
Amo Region 4220+0.1554
Boost Region 4220+0.0974
Mis Ainak Region 4040–1.7400

  Team qualified for the semi-finals

Round robin

10 August 2017
Scorecard
Band-e-Amir Region
194 (46.3 overs)
v
Speen Ghar Region
134 (23.1 overs)
Rahim Mangal 43 (64)
Amir Hamza 3/26 (8.3 overs)
Usman Ghani 40 (54)
Zahir Khan 6/36 (6.1 overs)
Band-e-Amir Region won by 60 runs
Khost Cricket Ground, Khost City
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Mehmood Kharotai
Player of the match: Zahir Khan (Band-e-Amir Region)

10 August 2017
Scorecard
Amo Region
263/9 (50 overs)
v
Mis Ainak Region
135 (42.3 overs)
Ghamai Zadran 76 (119)
Sayed Nasratullah 3/29 (10 overs)
Noor-ul-Haq 31 (65)
Muslim Musa 3/28 (8 overs)
Amo Region won by 128 runs
Khost Cricket Ground, Khost City
Umpires: Bismillah Jan Shinwari and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Ghamai Zadran (Amo Region)

11 August 2017
Scorecard
Speen Ghar Region
237 (49.5 overs)
v
Boost Region
238/8 (50 overs)
Zia-ul-Haq 76 (123)
Wafadar 4/41 (10 overs)
Gulbadin Naib 60 (58)
Karim Janat 3/40 (9 overs)
Boost Region won by 2 wickets
Khost Cricket Ground, Khost City
Umpires: Farooq Khan and Mehmood Kharotai
Player of the match: Gulbadin Naib (Boost Region)

11 August 2017
Scorecard
Mis Ainak Region
283/7 (50 overs)
v
Band-e-Amir Region
284/5 (47.4 overs)
Rahmat Shah 100 (87)
Arif Khan 2/38 (10 overs)
Arif Khan 74 (74)
Nijat Masood 2/43 (9 overs)
Band-e-Amir Region won by 5 wickets
Khost Cricket Ground, Khost City
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Ajmal Shamolzi
Player of the match: Arif Khan (Band-e-Amir Region)

13 August 2017
Scorecard
Boost Region
233/8 (45 overs)
v
Amo Region
237/3 (37.2 overs)
Ihsanullah 56 (58)
Zia-ur-Rehman 4/48 (10 overs)
Ghamai Zadran 106* (115)
Tariq Stanikzai 1/33 (7 overs)
Amo Region won by 7 wickets (D/L method)
Khost Cricket Ground, Khost City
Umpires: Ajmal Shamolzi and Bismillah Jan Shinwari
Player of the match: Ghamai Zadran (Amo Region)
  • Boost Region won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Hamayun Omar (Amo Region) and Tariq Stanikzai (Boost Region) both made their List A debuts.

13 August 2017
Scorecard
Speen Ghar Region
319/4 (47 overs)
v
Mis Ainak Region
194 (45.4 overs)
Usman Ghani 125 (100)
Ibrahim Zadran 1/44 (8 overs)
Noor Ali Zadran 72 (86)
Aftab Alam 3/48 (9 overs)
Speen Ghar Region won by 140 runs (D/L method)
Khost Cricket Ground, Khost City
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Usman Ghani (Speen Ghar)
  • Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Darwish Rasooli (Speen Ghar Region) and Ajmal Khan (Mis Ainak Region) both made their List A debuts.

14 August 2017
Scorecard
Amo Region
152 (38.4 overs)
v
Band-e-Amir Region
156/5 (42.1 overs)
Muslim Musa 44 (39)
Zahir Khan 3/34 (8 overs)
Nasir Jamal 53 (74)
Zahir Shehzad 2/33 (10 overs)
Band-e-Amir Region won by 5 wickets
Khost Cricket Ground, Khost City
Umpires: Abdullah and Bismillah Jan Shinwari
Player of the match: Afsar Zazai (Band-e-Amir Region)
  • Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.

14 August 2017
Scorecard
Mis Ainak Region
313 (50 overs)
v
Boost Region
316/3 (41.2 overs)
Noor Ali Zadran 110 (104)
Karim Sadiq 5/50 (10 overs)
Karim Sadiq 88 (52)
Ibrahim Zadran 2/54 (9 overs)
Boost Region won by 7 wickets
Khost Cricket Ground, Khost City
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Farooq Khan
Player of the match: Karim Sadiq (Boost Region)
  • Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sadiq Farhad (Mis Ainak Region) made his List A debut.

16 August 2017
Scorecard
Speen Ghar Region
290/6 (50 overs)
v
Amo Region
207/6 (50 overs)
Darwish Rasooli 130* (98)
Javed Ahmadi 2/53 (10 overs)
Nasir Khan 53 (83)
Ziaur Rahman 3/30 (8 overs)
Speen Ghar Region won by 83 runs
Khost Cricket Ground, Khost City
Umpires: Abdullah and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Darwish Rasooli (Speen Ghar Region)

16 August 2017
Scorecard
Boost Region
259/8 (50 overs)
v
Band-e-Amir Region
260/6 (49 overs)
Najeeb Tarakai 92 (81)
Yousuf Zazai 2/35 (10 overs)
Rahim Mangal 100 (123)
Bakhtarullah Atal 2/34 (6 overs)
Band-e-Amir Region won by 4 wickets
Khost Cricket Ground, Khost City
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Mehmood Kharotai
Player of the match: Rahim Mangal (Band-e-Amir Region)

Finals

1st Semi-final
17 August 2017
Scorecard
Boost Region
296/8 (50 overs)
v
Band-e-Amir Region
290/9 (50 overs)
Karim Sadiq 90 (88)
Abdullah Adil 5/54 (10 overs)
Nasir Jamal 100 (78)
Bakhtarullah Atal 4/60 (10 overs)
Boost Region won by 6 runs
Khost Cricket Ground, Khost City
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Bismillah Jan Shinwari
Player of the match: Karim Sadiq (Boost Region)
  • Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.

2nd Semi-final
17 August 2017
Scorecard
Speen Ghar Region
264/6 (50 overs)
v
Amo Region
203 (42.5 overs)
Zia-ul-Haq 50 (79)
Zahir Shehzad 2/42 (10 overs)
Younas Ahmadzai 75 (77)
Yamin Ahmadzai 5/39 (8.5 overs)
Speen Ghar Region won by 61 runs
Khost Cricket Ground, Khost City
Umpires: Izatullah Safi and Mehmood Kharotai
Player of the match: Yamin Ahmadzai (Speen Ghar Region)
  • Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to bat.

Final
19 August 2017
Scorecard
Boost Region
147 (43.2 overs)
v
Speen Ghar Region
150/5 (23.1 overs)
Tariq Stanikzai 48 (77)
Karim Janat 5/41 (10 overs)
Darwish Rasooli 68* (54)
Gulbadin Naib 4/33 (8 overs)
Speen Ghar Region won by 5 wickets
Ghazi Amanullah Khan International Cricket Stadium, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Town
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Mehmood Kharotai
Player of the match: Karim Janat (Speen Ghar Region)
  • Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to field.

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