Dates | 18 July 2022 – 5 August 2022 |
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Administrator(s) | Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | ![]() |
Champions | Speenghar Tigers (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Boost Defenders |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 32 |
Player of the series | Najibullah Zadran (Speenghar Tigers) |
Most runs | Hashmatullah Shahidi (Boost Defenders) (411) |
Most wickets | Qais Ahmad (Kabul Eagles) (14) Zia-ur-Rehman (Boost Defenders) (14) |
The 2022 Shpageeza Cricket League was the eighth edition of the Shpageeza Cricket League, [1] a professional Twenty20 cricket (T20) league established by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in 2013, and the fourth edition to have official T20 status. It was originally scheduled to run from 10 to 25 September 2021, [2] with the number of teams increased from six to eight. [1] However, no tournament took place in 2021, with the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announcing that the tournament would be played in June and July 2022. [3] The Kabul Eagles were the defending champions. [4]
Despite Afghanistan being brought under the control of the Taliban in August 2021, reports have stated that the Taliban had no issue with cricket, [5] with the tournament scheduled to take place as planned. [6] The Afghanistan cricket team were scheduled to tour Sri Lanka in September 2021 to play the Pakistan cricket team. [7] In the event of that tour not taking place as planned, the ACB stated that the T20 tournament could be brought forward. [8] However, as a result of the logistical problems regarding travelling to Sri Lanka, the matches were moved to Pakistan, [9] before being postponed. [10] In the final Speenghar Tigers defeated Boost Defenders by 6 runs to win their 3rd title.
Squads were announced on 11 June 2022. [11]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Boost Defenders (R) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.522 |
2 | Speenghar Tigers (C) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2.608 |
3 | Kabul Eagles (3rd) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.957 |
4 | Mis Ainak Knights (4th) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.030 |
5 | Amo Sharks | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | −1.183 |
6 | Band-e-Amir Dragons | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | −1.749 |
7 | Hindukush Stars | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | −2.255 |
8 | Pamir Zalmi | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | −1.391 |
Source: [12]
Band-e-Amir Dragons 120 (19.4 overs) | v | Kabul Eagles 121/4 (14.2 overs) |
Mis Ainak Knights 139/6 (20 overs) | v | Speenghar Tigers 142/2 (18.4 overs) |
Amo Sharks 147/7 (20 overs) | v | Hindukush Stars 144/9 (20 overs) |
Usman Noori 62 (38) Yousuf Zazai 5/18 (4 overs) |
Pamir Zalmi 107/8 (20 overs) | v | Boost Defenders 111/4 (18.1 overs) |
Band-e-Amir Dragons 50 (14.2 overs) | v | Mis Ainak Knights 51/4 (8 overs) |
Kabul Eagles 139/4 (20 overs) | v | Speenghar Tigers 142/4 (14.5 overs) |
Hindukush Stars 178/8 (20 overs) | v | Pamir Zalmi 149/7 (20 overs) |
Amo Sharks 96/9 (20 overs) | v | Boost Defenders 99/1 (8.3 overs) |
Pamir Zalmi 125 (20 overs) | v | Speenghar Tigers 129/4 (15 overs) |
Mis Ainak Knights 129/8 (20 overs) | v | Kabul Eagles 133/1 (17.4 overs) |
Boost Defenders 173/4 (20 overs) | v | Hindukush Stars 121 (19.4 overs) |
Hassan Eisakhil 76 (55) Hamid Hassan 2/31 (4 overs) |
Band-e-Amir Dragons 162/7 (20 overs) | v | Amo Sharks 160/8 (20 overs) |
Boost Defenders 146/5 (20 overs) | v | Speenghar Tigers 136/9 (20 overs) |
Hindukush Stars 186/8 (20 overs) | v | Band-e-Amir Dragons 188/3 (18 overs) |
Amo Sharks 151/6 (20 overs) | v | Kabul Eagles 152/1 (13.2 overs) |
Asghar Atal 53 (47) Qais Ahmad 2/26 (4 overs) |
Pamir Zalmi 118/7 (20 overs) | v | Mis Ainak Knights 120/4 (17.5 overs) |
Majeed Alam 31 (37) Amir Hamza 3/18 (4 overs) |
Boost Defenders 128/5 (20 overs) | v | Band-e-Amir Dragons 111 (19 overs) |
Speenghar Tigers 197/8 (20 overs) | v | Hindukush Stars 87 (17.1 overs) |
Mis Ainak Knights 152/5 (20 overs) | v | Amo Sharks 156/5 (19.3 overs) |
Asghar Atal 55 (28) Zahir Khan 2/28 (4 overs) |
Pamir Zalmi 171/3 (20 overs) | v | Kabul Eagles 172/4 (18.1 overs) |
Fazal Zazai 72 (67) Waleed Stanekzai 1/18 (3 overs) |
Amo Sharks 135/6 (20 overs) | v | Speenghar Tigers 138/3 (14.1 overs) |
Pamir Zalmi 159/5 (20 overs) | v | Band-e-Amir Dragons 95/1 (7.1 overs) |
Farmanullah 34* (14) |
Boost Defenders 157/6 (20 overs) | v | Mis Ainak Knights 153/6 (20 overs) |
Mohammad Shahzad 77 (52) Ahmad Zia 3/23 (4 overs) |
Hindukush Stars 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Kabul Eagles 183/1 (13.5 overs) |
Amo Sharks 130/9 (20 overs) | v | Pamir Zalmi 101/4 (20 overs) |
Speenghar Tigers 214/4 (20 overs) | v | Band-e-Amir Dragons 117 (18.3 overs) |
Najibullah Zadran 81 (47) Bakhtullah 1/5 (1 over) |
Kabul Eagles 98 (19.1 overs) | v | Boost Defenders 104/6 (17.3 overs) |
Hindukush Stars 104 (17.3 overs) | v | Mis Ainak Knights 105/2 (9.3 overs) |
Boost Defenders 176/3 (20 overs) | v | Speenghar Tigers 170/5 (20 overs) |
Hashmatullah Shahidi 62 (44) Ismat Alam 1/13 (1 over) |
Mis Ainak Knights 107/9 (14 overs) | v | Kabul Eagles 72/0 (5 overs) |
Ibrahim Zadran 31* (14) |
Speenghar Tigers 140/9 (20 overs) | v | Kabul Eagles 77 (14.2 overs) |
Speenghar Tigers 188/4 (20 overs) | v | Boost Defenders 182/6 (20 overs) |