Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament

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Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament
CountriesFlag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
Administrator Afghanistan Cricket Board
Format First-class cricket (from 2017 onwards)
First edition2011
Tournament format Double round-robin
Number of teams5
Current champion Amo Region (1st title)
Most successful Band-e-Amir Region (3)
Website http://www.cricket.af/
Cricket current event.svg 2024–25 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament

Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament is a four-day cricket tournament in Afghanistan played between regional teams, each representing a number of Afghan provinces.

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Up to and including the 2016–17 Tournament, the matches were not given first-class status. However, at an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in February 2017, first-class status was awarded to all future matches, starting with the 2017–18 tournament. [1] [2] [3] It is named after founder of the Durrani Empire, Ahmad Shah Durrani.

History

Afghanistan's multi-day tournament, the Ahmad Shah Abdali tournament, initially began as a three-day competition hosted in Peshawar, Pakistan in 2011 [4] before being held in Afghanistan for all subsequent seasons. It transitioned to a four-day structure in 2014, with five regional teams competing - Amo, Band-e-Amir, Boost, Mis Ainak and Speen Ghar. A sixth team, Kabul, joined the competition in 2016. The Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team participated in the inaugural 2011 season only. [4] The teams play each other twice before the two sides at the top of the table play for the end of season championship. The competition runs from September through December. [5] [6] In February 2017 the International Cricket Council (ICC) awarded first-class status to Afghanistan's four-day domestic competition. [7]

Teams

Current teams (2023)Debut yearWins
Hindukush Strikers 2023
Mah-e-Par Stars 2023
Maiwand Champions 2023 2023
Pamir Legends 2023

Former teams

Former teamsHome groundYears active
Amo Region Balkh Cricket Stadium, Mazar-i-Sharif 2011–2022
Band-e-Amir Region Ghazni Cricket Ground, Ghazni 2011–2022
Boost Region Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar 2011–2022
Mis Ainak Region Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost 2011–2022
Speen Ghar Region Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad 2011–2022
Afghanistan Under-19 2011
Kabul Region Alokozay Kabul International Cricket Ground, Kabul 2016–2019

Champions

This table lists all the champions of the Ahmad Shah Abdali Regional Tournament during the competition's pre-first-class era under the 3-Day (2011-2013) and 4-Day formats (2014 onwards).

SeasonWinner (number of titles)Runners-up
2011 [8] [9] [10] Mis Ainak Region (1) [11] Band-e-Amir Region
2012 [12] [13] Mis Ainak Region (2) [14] Speen Ghar Region
2013 [15] [16] [17] Boost Region (1) [18] Band-e-Amir Region
2014–15 [19] Mis Ainak Region (3) [20] Speen Ghar Region
2015–16 [21] Mis Ainak Region (4) [22] Speen Ghar Region
2016 [23] [24] Speen Ghar Region (1) [25] [26] Mis Ainak Region


This table lists all the champions of the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament during the competition's first-class era.

SeasonWinner (number of titles)Runners-upLeading run-scorer (club)RunsLeading wicket-taker (club)Wickets
2017–18 Band-e-Amir Region (1) [27] Speen Ghar Region Bahir Shah (Speen Ghar Region)1096 Zia-ur-Rehman (Mis Ainak Region) Waqar Salamkheil (Band-e-Amir Region) Zahir Shehzad (Speen Ghar Region)55
2018 Band-e-Amir Region (2) [28] Amo Region Darwish Rasooli (Amo Region)1073 Amir Hamza (Band-e-Amir Region)61
2019 Speen Ghar Region (1) [29] Amo Region Najeeb Tarakai (Speen Ghar Region)828 Zohaib Ahmadzai (Amo Region)46
2021 Band-e-Amir Region (3) [30] Amo Region Riaz Hassan (Band-e-Amir Region)636 Zohaib Ahmadzai (Amo Region)32
2022 Amo Region (1) [31] Band-e-Amir Region Karim Janat (Band-e-Amir Region)561 Amir Hamza (Band-e-Amir Region)30
2023 Maiwand Champions (1) Hindukush Strikers

See also

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