2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament
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The 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament was a List A cricket competition that took place in Afghanistan from 10 to 19 August 2017.[1][2] It was the first edition of the competition to be played with List A status, following the announcements by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in February and May 2017.[1][3][4] Five teams competed; Amo Region, Band-e-Amir Region, Boost Region, Mis Ainak Region and Speen Ghar Region. Speen Ghar Region won the tournament, beating Boost Region by five wickets in the final.
| Dates | 10 August 2017 – 19 August 2017 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Afghanistan Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | List A |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin, knockout |
| Champions | Speen Ghar Region (1st title) |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 13 |
| Most runs | Rahim Mangal (276) |
| Most wickets | Karim Janat (12) Zahir Khan (12) |
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| Team[5] | Pld | W | L | T | NRR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band-e-Amir Region | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +0.594 | 8 |
| Speen Ghar Region | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +0.822 | 4 |
| Amo Region | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +0.155 | 4 |
| Boost Region | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +0.097 | 4 |
| Mis Ainak Region | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | –1.740 | 0 |
Team qualified for the semi-finals
- Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to field.
- Rahim Mangal, Arif Khan, Shawkat Zaman, Zahir Khan, Yousuf Zazai (Band-e-Amir Region); Tahir Khan, Rashid Zadran and Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Speen Ghar Region) all made their List A debuts.
- Mis Ainak Region won the toss and elected to field.
- Nijat Masood, Javid Rahimi, Mohammad Sardar, Fitratullah Khawari, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kabir Alikhail, (Mis Ainak Region); Ghamai Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Munir Ahmad, Muslim Musa and Zahir Shehzad (Amo Region) all made their List A debuts.
- Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
- Wafadar (Boost Region); Zia-ul-Haq and Rokhan Zarmalwal (Speen Ghar Region) all made their List A debuts.
- Mis Ainak Region won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mohammad Riaz, M Hashum (Band-e-Amir Region); Ibrahim Zadran and Waqarullah Ishaq (Mis Ainak Region) all made their List A debuts.
- Boost Region won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hamayun Omar (Amo Region) and Tariq Stanikzai (Boost Region) both made their List A debuts.
- Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to bat.
- Darwish Rasooli (Speen Ghar Region) and Ajmal Khan (Mis Ainak Region) both made their List A debuts.
- Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.
- Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
- Sadiq Farhad (Mis Ainak Region) made his List A debut.
- Amo Region won the toss and elected to field.
- Ziaur Rahman (Speen Ghar Region) and Ihsanullah Mandozai (Amo Region) both made their List A debuts.
- Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.
- Asadullah Matani (Band-e-Amir Region); Imran Mir, Ihsanullah Ihsan and Bakhtarullah Atal (Boost Region) all made their List A debuts.
- Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.
- Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to bat.
- Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to field.
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