2020 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament

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2020 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament
Dates10 – 22 October 2020
Administrator(s) Afghanistan Cricket Board
Cricket format List A
Tournament format(s) Round-robin, knockout
Champions Mis Ainak Region (2nd title)
Participants5
Matches12
Player of the series Javed Ahmadi
Most runs Rahmat Shah (257)
Most wickets Zahir Khan (13)
2019
2021

The 2020 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament was a List A cricket competition that took place in Kandahar, Afghanistan between 10 and 22 October 2020. [1] It was the fourth 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. [2] [3] Mis Ainak Region were the defending champions. [4]

Contents

Following the conclusion of the group stage, Amo Region had progressed directly to the final, with Mis Ainak Region and Band-e-Amir Region moving to the Eliminator knock-out match. [5] In the Eliminator match, Mis Ainak Region beat Band-e-Amir Region by seven wickets to join Amo Region in the final. [6] In the final, Mis Ainak Region beat Amo Region by seven wickets to win their second title. [7]

Fixtures

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Amo Region 440081.179
2 Mis Ainak Region 43106−0.168
3 Band-e-Amir Region 422040.599
4 Speen Ghar Region 41302−0.041
5 Boost Region 40400−1.433
Source: Cricinfo

  Advanced to the Final   Advanced to the Eliminator

Group stage

10 October 2020
Scorecard
Boost Region
89 (35 overs)
v
Band-e-Amir Region
90/4 (18 overs)
Munir Ahmad 34* (85)
Amir Hamza 3/10 (10 overs)
Darwish Rasooli 19 (22)
Yamin Ahmadzai 2/19 (6 overs)
Band-e-Amir Region won by 6 wickets
Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Amir Hamza (Band-e-Amir Region)
  • Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.

11 October 2020
Scorecard
Mis Ainak Region
182 (48.4 overs)
v
Speen Ghar Region
145 (34.1 overs)
Ghamai Zadran 57 (75)
Samiullah Shinwari 4/30 (8.4 overs)
Qais Ahmad 35 (42)
Haseebullah 5/39 (9.1 overs)
Mis Ainak Region won by 37 runs
Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar
Umpires: Mehmood Kharotai and Farooq Khan
Player of the match: Haseebullah (Mis Ainak Region)
  • Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to field.
  • Haseebullah (Mis Ainak Region) made his List A debut.

12 October 2020
Scorecard
Boost Region
216/5 (50 overs)
v
Amo Region
217/3 (45.2 overs)
Nasir Jamal 70 (98)
Nangialai Kharoti 2/40 (10 overs)
Javed Ahmadi 125* (130)
Yamin Ahmadzai 1/31 (9 overs)
Mohammad Alam 1/31 (9 overs)
Amo Region won by 7 wickets
Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Ajmal Shamolzi
Player of the match: Javed Ahmadi (Amo Region)
  • Amo Region won the toss and elected to field.
  • Qudratullah (Boost Region), Ijaz Ahmad and Nangialai Kharoti (Amo Region) all made their List A debuts.

13 October 2020
Scorecard
Band-e-Amir Region
277/4 (50 overs)
v
Speen Ghar Region
233 (49.2 overs)
Darwish Rasooli 106* (102)
Tahir Khan 2/35 (10 overs)
Zubaid Akbari 78 (107)
Nijat Masood 3/38 (9.2 overs)
Band-e-Amir Region won by 44 runs
Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar
Umpires: Mehmood Kharotai and Ajmal Shamolzi
Player of the match: Darwish Rasooli (Band-e-Amir Region)
  • Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to field.

14 October 2020
Scorecard
Mis Ainak Region
149 (42 overs)
v
Amo Region
153/4 (32.3 overs)
Shahidullah 28 (41)
Sharafuddin Ashraf 5/29 (10 overs)
Zahid Zakhail 42 (81)
Zahir Khan 2/42 (9 overs)
Amo Region won by 6 wickets
Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar
Umpires: Farooq Khan and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Sharafuddin Ashraf (Amo Region)
  • Amo Region won the toss and elected to field.
  • Noor Ahmad (Mis Ainak Region) made his List A debut.

15 October 2020
Scorecard
Speen Ghar Region
263/6 (50 overs)
v
Boost Region
152 (39.3 overs)
Ikram Alikhil 51* (49)
Nasir Jamal 2/17 (4 overs)
Nasir Jamal 45 (48)
Farhad Momand 3/33 (9 overs)
Speen Ghar Region won by 111 runs
Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar
Umpires: Mehmood Kharotai and Ahmed Shah Pakteen
Player of the match: Farhad Momand (Speen Ghar Region)
  • Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
  • Nawid Mohammad Kabir (Boost Region) made his List A debut.

16 October 2020
Scorecard
Band-e-Amir Region
273/7 (50 overs)
v
Mis Ainak Region
277/5 (50 overs)
Hazratullah Zazai 59 (54)
Zahir Khan 3/29 (10 overs)
Asghar Atal 81 (93)
Nijat Masood 2/61 (10 overs)
Mis Ainak Region won by 5 wickets
Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar
Umpires: Farooq Khan and Ajmal Shamolzi
Player of the match: Asghar Atal (Mis Ainak Region)
  • Mis Ainak Region won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shafiqullah Ghafari (Band-e-Amir Region) made his List A debut.

17 October 2020
Scorecard
Speen Ghar Region
147 (41.5 overs)
v
Amo Region
148/5 (40.4 overs)
Ikram Alikhil 29 (52)
Nangialai Kharoti 3/27 (9.5 overs)
Farhan Zakhil 39 (66)
Qais Ahmad 3/21 (10 overs)
Amo Region won by 5 wickets
Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar
Umpires: Mehmood Kharotai and Ahmed Shah Durrani
Player of the match: Nangialai Kharoti (Amo Region)
  • Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to bat.

18 October 2020
Scorecard
Boost Region
189/9 (50 overs)
v
Mis Ainak Region
190/8 (49.4 overs)
Nasibullah Sherdali 72 (117)
Zahir Khan 3/51 (10 overs)
Rahmat Shah 45 (64)
Ahmad Zia 3/28 (7 overs)
Mis Ainak Region won by 2 wickets
Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar
Umpires: Farooq Khan and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Zahir Khan (Mis Ainak Region)
  • Mis Ainak Region won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ahmad Zia (Boost Region) made his List A debut.

19 October 2020
Scorecard
Band-e-Amir Region
180/9 (50 overs)
v
Amo Region
181/3 (32.1 overs)
Asif Musazai 89 (121)
Nangialai Kharoti 3/35 (10 overs)
Javed Ahmadi 74 (61)
Amir Hamza 2/20 (10 overs)
Amo Region won by 7 wickets
Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Ahmed Shah Durrani
Player of the match: Javed Ahmadi (Amo Region)
  • Amo Region won the toss and elected to field.
  • Asif Musazai (Band-e-Amir Region) made his List A debut.

Finals

Eliminator
20 October 2020
Scorecard
Band-e-Amir Region
129 (33.1 overs)
v
Mis Ainak Region
130/3 (37.4 overs)
Darwish Rasooli 52 (83)
Zia-ur-Rehman 5/26 (10 overs)
Rahmat Shah 68* (96)
Amir Hamza 3/22 (10 overs)
Mis Ainak Region won by 7 wickets
Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar
Umpires: Mehmood Kharotai and Farooq Khan
Player of the match: Zia-ur-Rehman (Mis Ainak Region)
  • Mis Ainak Region won the toss and elected to field.

Final
22 October 2020
Scorecard
Amo Region
260/7 (50 overs)
v
Mis Ainak Region
261/3 (46.1 overs)
Abdul Malik 107 (136)
Zia-ur-Rehman 2/36 (10 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 128 (100)
Sharafuddin Ashraf 2/60 (10 overs)
Mis Ainak Region won by 7 wickets
Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Mis Ainak Region)
  • Mis Ainak Region won the toss and elected to field.

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