Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament

The Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament is a cricket tournament organized by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) that forms part of the Afghanistan domestic cricket season. Starting from the 2017 season, following announcements from the ICC earlier in the same year, the tournament is recognized with List A status.[1][2][3] The first ever domestic List A matches played in Afghanistan took place at the start of the 2017 edition of the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 August 2017 at Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost.[4] It is named after Afghan King Amanullah Khan. The winner of the first tournament was Spin Ghar Region.

Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament
Countries Afghanistan
AdministratorCricket Afghanistan
FormatList A cricket
First edition2017
Latest edition2021
Tournament formatRound-robin
Number of teams8
Current championMis Ainak Region (3rd title)
Most successfulMis Ainak Region (3 titles)
Websitehttp://www.cricket.af/

Teams

The Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament features the eight regional sides of Afghanistan, each of which represents a number of provinces. Kabul Region, the sixth side that features in Afghanistan's first-class (Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament) and Twenty20 (Shpageeza Cricket League) tournaments did not compete in the one-day tournament in 2017. In 2021, two new sides, Hindukush Region and Pamir Region were added.[5]

Name Home ground Franchise name
Amo RegionBalkh Cricket Stadium, Mazar-i-SharifSharks
Band-e-Amir RegionGhazni Cricket Ground, GhazniDragons
Boost RegionKandahar International Cricket Stadium, KandaharDefenders
Hindukush RegionHerat Cricket Ground, HeratStars
Kabul RegionAlokozay Kabul International Cricket Ground, KabulEagles
Mis Ainak RegionKhost Cricket Stadium, KhostKnights
Pamir RegionKunduz Cricket Ground, KunduzZalmi
Spin Ghar RegionGhazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, JalalabadTigers

See also

References
  1. "Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. "In Principle Agreement to Constitutional and Financial Changes to ICC". International Cricket Council. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. "ICC Recognizes Afghanistan's Domestic ODI Tournament As List A League". Bakhtar News. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. "Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament Fixtures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. "د شپږیزې کرکټ لیګ په تاریخ کې د لومړي ځل لپاره اته لوبډلې وپلورل شوې". cricket.af.
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