Domestic Cricket is set to return to Afghanistan with the Grade one provincial Cup from 13th August 2020 which will feature 8 domestic teams from Afghanistan.
This domestic tournament will go on for ten days at two venues in Khost province, namely Khost Provincial Cricket Stadium and Mis-e Ainak Private Cricket Stadium.
A total of 15 matches are scheduled to be played between these 8 teams for which the live scorecard will be provided by the espncricinfo.
Grade One Provincial Challenge Cup Full Squad:
Balkh –
Assadullah Matani (C), Zafar Khan, Ehsan Mandozai, Kamil, Abdul Malik, Farhan Zakhel, Mohammad Ibrahim (wicket keeper), Jamshed, Abdul Sattar, Azim Khan, Mohammad Hassan, Suleiman Arabzai, Mohammad Haleem, Abdul Razaq, Wasim Mandozai
Reserve Players: Khair Mohammad, Ahmadullah and Sami Salarzai
Faryab –
Murad Ali (C&WK), Hidayatullah, Zahid Zakhel, Juma Gul, Saleem Safi, Fazal Haq, Ibrahim Safi, Ejaz Ahmad, Zuhaib, Abdul Hadi, Abdul Basit, Khairullah, Eid Mohammad, Rustam, Hayatullah
Grade One Provincial Challenge Cup Fixtures
The tournament is scheduled to be held at two venues in Khost Province from 13th to 22nd while the Final will be played at Kabul Cricket Stadium. #G1ChallengeCup pic.twitter.com/QT1FHXcE21
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) August 10, 2020
Reserve Players: Nemat, Bilal and Ezzat
Helmand –
Dastgir Dotani (C), Sharifullah, Qudratullah (WK), Abdul Bari, Zalmai Khan, Abdul Nafee, Rahim Sahak, Nazir Ahmad, Kabir Ahmad, Abdul Hakim, Ansarullah, Ahmad Zia, Naveed Zabuli, Hikmanullah, Bari Kakar
Reserve Players: Habatullah, Lutfullah and Mohammad Rasool
Kabul –
Nisar Wahdat (C), Darwish Rasooli, Younis Ahmadzai, Aman Rafiqi, Inamullah, Shafiqullah Ghafari, Abdul Rahman, Shakir, Asif Musazai, Farmanullah, Azmatullah, Gulab Omarzai, Parvez, Ishaq Zazai (WK), Imran Janat
Reserve Players: Rokhan Zaramalwal, Iqbal Zazai and Bilal Sahak
Kandahar –
Munir Kakar (C&WK), Naseebullah Sherdali, Abdul Malik, Abdul Raziq, Mohammad Ibrahim, Ainuddin Kakar, Bilal Ahmad, Ahmad Zahir, Najibullah, Khayal Mohammad, Abdul Baqi, Mohammad Alam, Waqarullah Ishaq, Abdullah Tarakhel, Wasiqullah,
Reserve Players: Siddiqullah Bawari, Abdullah Agha and Abdul Aziz
Khost –
Shahid Kamal (C), Rahim Mangal, Naveed Obaid, Asghar Atal, Saddam Mangal, Mohammadullah, Rahmanullah Zadran, Bakhtar Atal, Haseebullah, Ziaur Rahman Sharifi, Shaheen (WK), Noor Ahmad, Hashim Khalil Gurbaz, Aimal
Reserve Players: Ehsan Mangal, Naseem and Nemat
Nangarhar –
Shaukat Zaman (C), Tariq Stanekzai, Bahir Mahboob, Tahir Adil, Batin Shah, Ibrahim Abdul Rahimzai, Abdullah Adil, Abid Mohammadi, Zubaid Akbari, Tamim, Ishaq Mohammadi (WK), Bahar Ali, Qari Fitrat, Wali Agha and Nasir Omar
Reserve Players: Akbar Musazai, Majid Alam and Arif Khan
Maidan Wardak –
Mohammad Sardar (C), Siddiq Farhad, Islam Zazi, Faisal, Baryal, Irfanullah, Mohammad Hafeez, Nasrat Qureshi, Wasim Akram, Mohammadullah, Sadiq Atal, Waqar Salamkhel, Zia-ul-Haq Parwani, Sabir Bahrami and Mirwais Zazai
Reserve Players: Noorulhaq Malikzai, Maiwand and Haroon
Afghanistan Domestic Cup Full Fixture:
Group A –
13 August 2020 09:00AM
Match 1 – Khost vs Helmand
Match 2 – Kabul vs Balkh
15 August 2020 09:00AM
Match 3 – Balkh vs Khost
Match 4 – Kabul vs Helmand
17 August 2020 09:00AM
Match 5 – Kabul vs Khost
Match 6 – Helmand vs Balkh
Group B –
14 August 2020 09:00AM
Match 1 – Nangarhar vs Maidan Wardak
Match 2 – Kandahar vs Faryab
16 August 2020 09:00AM
Match 3 – Kandahar vs Maidan Wardak
Match 4 – Nangarhar vs Faryab
18 August 2020 09:00AM
Match 5 – Faryab vs Maidan Wardak
Match 6 – Nangarhar vs Kandahar
Semi Finalist Round –
Semi-final 1, 20 August 2020
Group A 1st vs Group B 2nd
Semi-final 2, 20 August 2020
Group B 1st vs Group A 2nd
Final
22 August 2020, 09:00 AM
1st Semi-final Winner vs 2nd Semi-final Winner