2024 Shpageeza Cricket League
Cricket tournament in Afghanistan
Cricket tournament
Dates | 12 August – 24 August 2024 |
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Administrator(s) | Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and final |
Host(s) | Afghanistan |
Champions | Amo Sharks (1st title) |
Runners-up | Band-e-Amir Dragons |
Participants | 5 |
Matches | 21 |
Player of the series | Zubaid Akbari (Amo Sharks) |
Most runs | Sediqullah Atal (Band-e-Amir Dragons) (423) |
Most wickets | Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (Band-e-Amir Dragons) (18) |
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The 2024 Shpageeza Cricket League (also known as for sponsorship reasons as 2024 X-Bull Energy Shpageeza Cricket League) was the 9th edition of the Shpageeza Cricket League,[1] a professional Twenty20 cricket (T20) league established by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in 2013, and the fifth edition to have official T20 status. It was originally scheduled to run from 10 to 25 September 2024, with the number of teams decreasing from eight to five.[1] However, no tournament took place in 2023, with the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announcing that the tournament would be played in August 2024. The Speenghar Tigers are the defending champions.
Squads
Squads were announced on 4 August 2024.[2]
Amo Sharks | Band-e-Amir Dragons | Boost Defenders | Mis Ainak Knights | Speenghar Tigers |
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Points table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Band-e-Amir Dragons | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.563 | Advanced to final |
2 | Amo Sharks | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.172 | |
3 | Boost Defenders | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −0.003 | |
4 | Mis Ainak Knights | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −0.572 | |
5 | Speenghar Tigers | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −0.247 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[3]
Fixtures
12 August 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
Band-e-Amir Dragons 167/6 (20 overs) | v | Speenghar Tigers 148/9 (20 overs) |
Sediqullah Atal 69 (46) Zahir Khan 3/31 (4 overs) |
Band-e-Amir Dragons won by 19 runs Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Ahmad Shah Pakteen and Muhammad Sabir Player of the match: Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (Band-e-Amir Dragons) |
- Speenghar Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
12 August 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
Amo Sharks 151/7 (20 overs) | v | Mis Ainak Knights 152/2 (20 overs) |
Ibrahim Zadran 80 (62) Mohammadullah 1/18 (3 overs) |
Mis Ainak Knights won by 8 wickets Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Farooq Khan and Izatullah Safi Player of the match: Ibrahim Zadran (Mis Ainak Knights) |
- Amo Sharks won the toss an elected to bat.
- Naveed Zadran (Mis Ainak Knights) made his T20 debut.
- Shahidullah scored his 1,000th run in T20s.
13 August 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
Speenghar Tigers 166/7 (20 overs) | v | Boost Defenders 170/3 (19.2 overs) |
Mohammad Akram 62 (37) Faridoon Dawoodzai 1/28 (4 overs) |
Boost Defenders won by 7 wickets Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Ajmal Shamolzi and Bismillah Jan Shinwari Player of the match: Noor Ahmad (Boost Defenders) |
- Boost Defenders won the toss and elected to field.
- Bashir Ahmad (Boost Defenders) made his T20 debut.
13 August 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
Amo Sharks 147/7 (20 overs) | v | Band-e-Amir Dragons 148/5 (19.2 overs) |
Band-e-Amir Dragons won by 5 wickets Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Mahmood Kharoti Player of the match: Hashmatullah Shahidi (Band-e-Amir Dragons) |
- Amo Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
14 August 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
Boost Defenders 179/8 (20 overs) | v | Band-e-Amir Dragons 179/8 (20 overs) |
Mohammad Shahzad 46 (32) Aftab Alam 3/44 (4 overs) | Riaz Hassan 54 (40) Bashir Ahmad 2/22 (4 overs) |
Match tied (Boost Defendrs won the Super Over) Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Farooq Khan and Izatullah Safi Player of the match: Bashir Ahmad (Boost Defenders) |
- Band-e-Amir Dragons won the toss and elected to field.
- Ali Ahmad (Band-e-Amir Dragons) made his T20 debut.
- Super Over: Band-e-Amir Dragons 12/1, Boost Defenders 13/1.
14 August 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
Speenghar Tigers 105 (19.2 overs) | v | Mis Ainak Knights 108/3 (12.3 overs) |
Wafiullah Tarakhil 77* (38) Bilal Sami 2/23 (2.3 overs) |
Mis Ainak Knights won by 8 wickets Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Ahmad Shah Pakteen and Muhammad Sabir Player of the match: Wafiullah Tarakhil (Mis Ainak Knights) |
- Speenghar Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
16 August 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
Boost Defenders 145/5 (20 overs) | v | Amo Sharks 149/4 (17 overs) |
Abdul Malik 62 (41) Noor Ahmad 1/26 (4 overs) |
Amo Sharks won by 6 wickets Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Muhammad Sabir and Ajmal Shamolzi Player of the match: Sharafuddin Ashraf (Amo Sharks) |
- Amo Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
16 August 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
Mis Ainak Knights 128/9 (20 overs) | v | Band-e-Amir Dragons 113/9 (20 overs) |
Sediqullah Atal 49 (46) Yama Arab 4/22 (4 overs) |
Mis Ainak Kinghts won by 15 runs Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti and Bismillah Jan Shinwari Player of the match: Yama Arab (Mis Ainak Knights) |
- Mis Ainak Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
17 August 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
Amo Sharks 105 (18.3 overs) | v | Speenghar Tigers 106/5 (10.4 overs) |
Mohammad Ishaq 36 (25) Bilal Sami 3/8 (3.3 overs) | Hassan Eisakhil 36 (18) Sharafuddin Ashraf 2/24 (3 overs) |
Speenghar Tigers won by 5 wickets Kabul International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Ahmad Shah Pakteen and Farooq Khan Player of the match: Bilal Sami (Speenghar Tigers) |
- Speenghar Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
17 August 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
Boost Defenders 167 (19.5 Overs) | v | Mis Ainak Knights 171/2 (18.3 Overs) |
Wafiullah Tarakhil 65* (39) Naseer Khan Maroofkhil 1/34 (4) |
Mis Ainak Knights won by 8 wickets Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Izatullah Safi and Muhammad Sabir Player of the match: Wafiullah Tarakhil (Mis Ainak Knights) |
- Boost Defenders won the toss and elected to bat.
18 August 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
Amo Sharks 146/8 (20 overs) | v | Boost Defenders 135/9 (20 overs) |
Amo Sharks won by 11 runs Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Bismillah Jan Shinwari Player of the match: Sharafuddin Ashraf (Amo Sharks) |
- Boost Defenders won the toss and elected to field first.
18 August 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
Band-e-Amir Dragons 147 (19.5 overs) | v | Speenghar Tigers 134/8 (20 overs) |
Sediqullah Atal 89 (62) Zahir Khan 4/18 (3.5 overs) | Hassan Eisakhil 45 (39) Amir Hamza 3/24 (4 overs) |
Band-e-Amir Dragons won by 13 runs Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti and Ajmal Shamolzi Player of the match: Sediqullah Atal (Band-e-Amir Dragons) |
- Band-e-Amir Dragons won the toss and elected to bat.
- Abdullah (Band-e-Amir Dragons) made his T20 debut.
19 August 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
Amo Sharks 190/5 (20 overs) | v | Mis Ainak Knights 165/8 (20 overs) |
Shahidullah 49 (23) Zia-ur-Rehman 2/29 (4 overs) |
Mis Ainak Knights won by 24 runs Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Farooq Khan and Muhammad Sabir Player of the match: Shahidullah (Amo Sharks) |
- Mis Ainak Knights won the toss and elected to field.
19 August 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
Speenghar Tigers 192/6 (20 overs) | v | Boost Defenders 193/5 (18.5 overs) |
Hassan Eisakhil 63 (42) Naseer Khan Maroofkhil 2/51 (4 overs) |
Boost Defenders won by 5 wickets Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Ahmad Shah Pakteen and Izatullah Safi Player of the match: Rahmat Shah (Boost Defenders) |
- Speenghar Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
20 August 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
Band-e-Amir Dragons 139/4 (20 overs) | v | Mis Ainak Knights 97 (18.1 overs) |
Band-e-Amir Dragons won by 42 runs Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti and Ajmal Shamolzi Player of the match: Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (Band-e-Amir Dragons) |
- Band-e-Amir Dragons won the toss and elected to bat.
20 August 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
Amo Sharks 166/3 (17 overs) | v | Speenghar Tigers 112/9 (12 overs) |
Zubaid Akbari 82 (45) Arab Gul 1/18 (3 overs) |
Amo Sharks won by 26 runs (DLS method) Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Bismillah Jan Shinwari Player of the match: Fazalhaq Farooqi (Amo Sharks) |
- Amo Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 17 overs per side due to rain.
- Speenghar Tigers were set a revised target of 139 runs from 12 overs due to rain.
21 August 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
Boost Defenders 204/6 (20 overs) | v | Mis Ainak Knights 120 (18.2 overs) |
Wafiullah Tarakhil 33 (31) Naseer Khan Maroofkhil 2/19 (4 overs) |
Boost Defenders won by 82 runs Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Farooq Khan and Mahmood Kharoti Player of the match: Darwish Rasooli (Boost Defenders) |
- Mis Ainak Knights won the toss and elected to field.
21 August 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
Amo Sharks 201/5 (20 overs) | v | Band-e-Amir Dragons 182 (19.2 overs) |
Abdul Malik 73 (56) Nangialai Kharoti 2/25 (4 overs) |
Amo Sharks won by 19 runs Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Ahmad Shah Pakteen and Izatullah Safi Player of the match: Fazalhaq Farooqi (Amo Sharks) |
- Amo Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
22 August 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
Mis Ainak Knights 125/9 (20 overs) | v | Speenghar Tigers 130/5 (16.5 overs) |
Afsar Zazai 54 (45) Ismat Alam 3/24 (4 overs) |
Speenghar Tigers won by 5 wickets Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Bismillah Jan Shinwari and Izatullah Safi Player of the match: Ismat Alam (Speenghar Tigers) |
- Speenghar Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
22 August 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
Band-e-Amir Dragons 160/5 (20 overs) | v | Boost Defenders 148/9 (20 overs) |
Hashmatullah Shahidi 71 (50) Fareed Ahmad 2/33 (4 overs) |
Band-e-Amir Dragons won by 12 runs Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Farooq Khan and Mahmood Kharoti Player of the match: Hashmatullah Shahidi (Band-e-Amir Dragons) |
- Boost Defenders won the toss and elected to field.
Final
24 August 2024 13:15 Scorecard |
Band-e-Amir Dragons 178/1 (20 overs) | v | Amo Sharks 179/3 (18.5 overs) |
Hashmatullah Shahidi 78* (53) |
Amo Sharks won by 7 wickets Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Ahmad Shah Pakteen and Izatullah Safi Player of the match: Zubaid Akbari (Amo Sharks) |
- Band-e-Amir Dragons won the toss and elected bat.
- Sediqullah Atal (Band-e-Amir Dragons) scored his 1,000th run in T20s.
Notes
- ^ Samiullah Shinwari captained Speenghar Tigers in their first four and last matches of the group stage.
References
- ^ a b "The 9th Edition of the Shpageeza Cricket League Begins August 12". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Squads Named for the X-Bull Energy Shpageeza Cricket League 2024, Presented by Etisalat". cricket.af. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Shpageeza CL 2024 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
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