Dates | 6 – 18 September 2020 |
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Administrator(s) | Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | Afghanistan |
Champions | Kabul Eagles (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Mis Ainak Knights |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 19 |
Player of the series | Azmatullah Omarzai Karim Janat [1] |
Most runs | Usman Ghani (355) |
Most wickets | Waqar Salamkheil (13) Nangialai Kharoti (13) |
The 2020 Shpageeza Cricket League was the seventh edition of the Shpageeza Cricket League, [2] a professional Twenty20 cricket (T20) league established by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in 2013, and the third edition to have official T20 status. Following a request to the Ministry of Public Health due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was given approval in July 2020 to take place. [3] The ACB also confirmed that it was their priority to run a successful tournament. [4]
The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from 13 to 25 September 2020, [5] with the matches being played at the Kabul International Cricket Stadium. [6] However, the tournament was moved forward by one week, [7] to avoid clashing with the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL), which itself had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] Six teams took part in the tournament, [9] and the Mis Ainak Knights were the defending champions. [10]
On 20 August 2020, a players' draft took place ahead of the tournament. [11] [12] The ACB also stated that all Afghan players taking part in the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) should return to Afghanistan before the CPL is due to conclude, so they can be available to play in the Shpageeza Cricket League. [13] However, after talks with the President of Cricket West Indies, it was decided that these players could finish the CPL before returning, while the players with IPL contracts would miss the tournament completely. [14]
The opening match of the tournament saw the Mis Ainak Knights beat the Band-e-Amir Dragons by one run, with the Knights managing to defend 13 runs from the final over of the game. [15]
The Kabul Eagles, Mis Ainak Knights, Band-e-Amir Dragons and Boost Defenders finished in the top four places in the group stage to progress to the knockout phase of the tournament. In the first qualifier, the Kabul Eagles beat the Mis Ainak Knights by four wickets. Therefore, the Eagles progressed directly to the final, with the Knights moving to the second qualifier match. [16] In the eliminator match, the Band-e-Amir Dragons beat the Boost Defenders by 76 runs to join the Knights in the second qualifier match. [17] The second qualifier saw the Mis Ainak Knights beat the Band-e-Amir Dragons by five wickets, [18] to join the Kabul Eagles in the final. [19] In the final, the Kabul Eagles beat Mis Ainak Knights by nine runs to win the tournament. [20]
Team [21] | Pld | W | L | T | NRR | Pts |
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Kabul Eagles | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +0.350 | 8 |
Mis Ainak Knights | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +1.773 | 6 |
Band-e-Amir Dragons | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +1.005 | 6 |
Boost Defenders | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +0.918 | 6 |
Speen Ghar Tigers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | –0.608 | 4 |
Amo Sharks | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | –3.481 | 0 |
Mis Ainak Knights 179/7 (20 overs) | v | Band-e-Amir Dragons 178/5 (20 overs) |
Speen Ghar Tigers 150/6 (20 overs) | v | Amo Sharks 101/9 (20 overs) |
Boost Defenders 172/3 (20 overs) | v | Kabul Eagles 115 (19.1 overs) |
Mis Ainak Knights 163/6 (20 overs) | v | Kabul Eagles 164/6 (19 overs) |
Boost Defenders 133/9 (20 overs) | v | Band-e-Amir Dragons 134/1 (15 overs) |
Amo Sharks 142/5 (20 overs) | v | Band-e-Amir Dragons 144/3 (17.3 overs) |
Mis Ainak Knights 221/4 (20 overs) | v | Speen Ghar Tigers 163 (18.3 overs) |
Speen Ghar Tigers 175/3 (20 overs) | v | Boost Defenders 170/8 (20 overs) |
Kabul Eagles 223/5 (20 overs) | v | Amo Sharks 162/7 (20 overs) |
Speen Ghar Tigers 139/5 (20 overs) | v | Band-e-Amir Dragons 145/3 (16.1 overs) |
Mis Ainak Knights 188/2 (20 overs) | v | Boost Defenders 192/6 (20 overs) |
Band-e-Amir Dragons 146/5 (20 overs) | v | Kabul Eagles 149/8 (20 overs) |
Mis Ainak Knights 193/5 (20 overs) | v | Amo Sharks 62 (12 overs) |
Amanullah Rafiqi 21 (19) Dawlat Zadran 5/9 (3 overs) |
Speen Ghar Tigers 142/8 (20 overs) | v | Kabul Eagles 143/4 (17.5 overs) |
Amo Sharks 122/5 (20 overs) | v | Boost Defenders 124/0 (11.3 overs) |
Karim Janat 64* (38) |
Mis Ainak Knights 208/3 (20 overs) | v | Kabul Eagles 209/6 (19.1 overs) |
Band-e-Amir Dragons 232/2 (20 overs) | v | Boost Defenders 156 (19.2 overs) |
Band-e-Amir Dragons 178/8 (20 overs) | v | Mis Ainak Knights 182/5 (18.4 overs) |
Kabul Eagles 139 (19.1 overs) | v | Mis Ainak Knights 130 (19.4 overs) |
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