2023 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament

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2023 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament
Dates29 October – 20 November 2023
Administrator(s) Afghanistan Cricket Board
Cricket format List A
Tournament format(s)double round-robin
ChampionsBoost Region
Participants5
Matches21
Most runs Darwish Rasooli (492)
Most wicketsYamin Ahmadzai (21)
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The 2023 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament was a List A cricket competition that was played in Afghanistan between 29 October and 20 November 2023. [1] [2] It was the Sixth edition of the competition played with List A status, following the announcements by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in February and May 2017. [3] [4] Mis Ainak Region were the defending champions.Bost Region win the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional List A Tournament 2023. [5]

Contents

The 6th edition of the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional List A Tournament is set to start on 29 October 2023. The event will feature five regional teams Amo Region, Band-e-Amir Region, Boost Region, Mis Ainak Region, and Speen Ghar Region competing in a double round-robin format from 26 October to 17 November at the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Cricket Ground in Ghazi Amanullah Town in Nangarhar province.

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Amo Region 431060.837
2 Band-e-Amir Region 42204−0.640
3 Boost Region 42204−0.014
4 Mis Ainak Region 431060.538
5 Speen Ghar Region 40400−0.643
Source: ESPNcricinfo

  The top two teams advanced to the Final

Fixtures

29 October 2023
8:30
Scorecard
Mis Ainak Region
102 (25.3 Overs)
v
Amo Region
103/7 (25 Overs)
Shahidullah 38 (63)
Mohammad Saleem 2/12 (5.1)
Imran 27 (45)
Zia ur Rehman 3/11 (7)
Amo Region won by 3 wickets
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium
Umpires: Farooq Khan and Mahmood Kharoti
Player of the match: Abdul Wasi
  • Amo Region won the toss and elected to field.
  • List A debut :Juma Gul , Majeed Alam , Mohammad Gul Alizai ,Samiullah
30 October 2023
8:30
Scorecard
Band-e-Amir Region
37 (21 Overs)
v
Speen Ghar Region
38/5(11 Overs)
Shabir Noori 6 (15)
Mohammad Ibrahim 7/22 (10)
Bahir Shah 16 (26)
Bilal Sami 3/26 (6)
Speen Ghar won by 5 wickets
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium
Umpires: Ajmal Shamolzi and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Mohammad Ibrahim (SGR)
  • Speen Ghar Region won the and elected to field.
  • List A debut : Barakzai Nasari ,Dil Agha ,Irfan Safi
31 October 2023
8:30
Scorecard
Mis Ainak Region
183/8 (45 Overs)
v
Boost Region
187/2 (35.3 Overs)
Majeed Alam 65* (76)
Nangeyalia Kharote 3/17 (9)
Numan Shah 117* (117)
Zia ur Rehman 1/22 (9)
Boost won by 8 wickets
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium
Umpires: Ajmal Shamolzi and Mahmood Kharoti
Player of the match: Numan Shah
  • Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
1 November 2023
08:30
Scorecard
Speen Ghar Region
157 (40.1 Overs)
v
Amo Region
159/2 (32.1 Overs)
Bahir Shah 36 (55)
Juma Gul 4/27 (7)
Abdul Malik 60 (60)
Ahmad Zia 1/32 (4)
Amo Region won by 8 wickets
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium
Umpires: Farooq Khan and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Juma Gul
  • Amo Region won the toss and elected to field.
  • List A debut : Amanullah
2 November 2023
08:30
Scorecard
Boost Region
239/6 (45 Overs)
v
Band-e-Amir Region
243/4 (42.2 Overs)
Mohammad Ishaq 89 (77)
Bilal Sami 3/51 (9)
Naveed Obaid 56 (44)
Nangeyalia Kharote 1/33 (9)
Band-Region won by 6 wickets
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium
Umpires: Ajmal Shamolzi and Farooq Khan
Player of the match: Bilal Sami
  • Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.
3 November 2023
08:30
Scorecard
Mis Ainak Region
196 (41.2 Overs)
v
Speen Ghar Region
198/6 (40.2 Overs)
Shahidullah 56 (73)
Mohammad Ibrahim 2/28 (8)
Dil Agha 47 (80)
Zahir Khan 3/48 (9)
Speen Ghar won by 4 wickets
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium
Umpires: Izatullah Safi and Mahmood Kharoti
Player of the match: Mohammad Tahir
  • Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to field.
  • List A debut :Abdullah,Barakatullah Ibrahimzai ,Jawed Sayedi , Sabir Gurbaz
4 November 2023
08:30
Scorecard
Amo Region
236 (44.2 Overs)
v
Boost Region
237/2 (39.3 Overs)
Haji Murad Muradi 97 (103)
Yamin Ahmadzai 5/34 (8.2)
Bilal Ahmad 104* (101)
Mohammad Saleem 2/48 (9)
Boost won by 8 wickets
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium
Umpires: Ajmal Shamolzi and Farooq Khan
Player of the match: Yamin Ahmadzai
  • Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
5 November 2023
08:30
Scorecard
Mis Ainak Region
250/9 (45 Overs)
v
Band-e-Amir Region
226 (44.3 Overs)
Yousuf Shah 56 (64)
Bilal Sami 3/69 (9)
Sediqullah Atal 60 (63)
Zahir Khan 4/46 (9)
Mis Ainak won by 24 runs
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Bismillah Jan Shinwari
Player of the match: Zahir Khan
  • Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.
  • List A debut:Babar Khan, Lalbaz Sinzai
6 November 2023
08:30
Scorecard
Boost Region
247/6 (45 overs)
v
Speen Ghar Region
211 (41.3 overs)
Mohammad Ishaq 99 (87)
Abdullah 3/54 (9)
Arshaduddin Safi 76 (89)
Yamin Ahmadzai 3/28 (8.2)
Boost won by 36 runs
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Mahmood Kharoti
Player of the match: Nangeyalia Kharote
  • Speen Ghar Region won the and elected to field.
  • List A debut :Arshaduddin Safi,Jawid Sulimankhil
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v
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Final

Match Summary
20 November 2023
08:30
Scorecard
Boost Region
336/6 (45 Overs)
v
Amo Region
207 (39.1 Overs)
Darwish Rasooli 122 (91)
Mohammad Saleem 2/56 (9)
  • Boost Region, elected to bat first.

Final Report

The event started on October 29 in Nangarhar province which saw five regional teams competing in a double round-robin format followed by the final between the top two teams that was held today in Ghazi Amanullah Khan Cricket Stadium in Nangarhar.

Earlier in the morning, Yamin Ahmadzai won the toss and decided that the Bost Region would bat first in the final. Darwish Rasooli (122), Bilal Ahmad (88) and Shamsurrahman (31* off 11) put on a superb batting performance as they helped the Bost Region put a mammoth 336/6 in the first inning. Mohammad Saleem (2/56) was the pick of the bowlers for the Amo Region.

They then followed their excellent batting effort with an even better bowling performance to bundle out the Amo Region at 207 runs to win the game by 129 runs in the final to win their 2nd title of the Regional List A Tournament.

Despite Ijaz Ahmad's 48 and Ijaz Ahmadzai's 40, Amo Region struggled to gain momentum against Bost Region's impressive bowling by the skipper (3/42) and Abdul Baqi (3/44), concluding the match within 40 overs in the 2nd inning.

Darwish Rasooli (122 off 91 balls 13x4s and 4x6s), who scored an incredible hundred in the first inning, was awarded the player of the match. Bost Region’s middle-order batter Mohammad Ishaq, who scored exactly 300 runs for his team during the event, was awarded as the Emerging Player of the Tournament.

Yamin Ahmadzai, the skipper of Bost Region, picked 21 wickets and was recognized as the best bowler of the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional List A Tournament 2023. In addition, Bost Region’s middle-order batter Darwish Rasooli was adjudged as the best batter of the tournament for scoring 490 runs in the event.

Abdul Malik, the skipper for the Amo Region, scored 407 runs and picked three wickets in the event, was awarded as the best player of the tournament.

The Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional List A Tournament 2023 marked the conclusion of the ACB's major domestic structure tournaments and will be followed by the Regional Club Championship 2023 in December.

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