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2019 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup

{{short description|Cricket tournament}}

{{use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox cricket tournament

| name = 2019 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup

| image =

| caption =

| fromdate = 31 July

| todate = 10 August 2019

| administrator = Afghanistan Cricket Board

| cricket format = List A

| tournament format = Round-robin, knockout

| champions = Nangarhar Province

| count = 1

| participants = 8

| matches = 15

| attendance =

| player of the series = Zubaid Akbari

| most runs = Munir Ahmad (348)

| most wickets = Nijat Masood (17)

| previous_year =

| previous_tournament =

| next_year = 2020

| next_tournament = 2020 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup

}}

The 2019 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup was a List A cricket competition that took place in Afghanistan between 31 July and 10 August 2019.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/1196006.html |title=2019 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup: Fixtures |accessdate=30 July 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} It was the third year of domestic List A cricket to be played in Afghanistan, following the announcements by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in February and May 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/afghanistan/content/story/1080891.html |title=Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status |date=4 February 2017 |accessdate=4 February 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/323637 |title=In Principle Agreement to Constitutional and Financial Changes to ICC |date=4 February 2017 |accessdate=6 February 2017 |work=International Cricket Council}} Eight teams qualified for the tournament, and were divided into two groups of four.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricket.af/acb-news-info/1087 |title=Provincial Grade-one Challenge Cup starts tomorrow |work=Afghanistan Cricket Board |accessdate=1 August 2019 |archive-date=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801101752/https://www.cricket.af/acb-news-info/1087 |url-status=dead }}

Nangarhar Province won the tournament, after beating Kabul Province by six wickets in the final, with Najeeb Tarakai scoring a century.

Points table

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Pool A

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! style="width:200px"|Team{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/19434/season/2019/provincial-challenge-cup-grade-i |title=Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup (Grade I) 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=5 August 2019}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip | Pld | Played}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip | W | Won}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip | L | Lost}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip | T | Tied}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip | NR | No result}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip | Pts | Points}}

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| style="text-align:left;"| Khost Province

| 3

21004
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| style="text-align:left;"| Kandahar Province

| 3

21004
style="text-align:left;"| Paktia Province

| 3

12002
style="text-align:left;"| Balkh Province

| 3

12002

{{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Team qualified for the finals

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Pool B

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! style="width:200px"|Team

!width="20"|{{Tooltip | Pld | Played}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip | W | Won}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip | L | Lost}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip | T | Tied}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip | NR | No result}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip | Pts | Points}}

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| style="text-align:left;"| Nangarhar Province

| 3

30006
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| style="text-align:left;"| Kabul Province

| 3

21004
style="text-align:left;"| Logar Province

| 3

12002
style="text-align:left;"| Herat Province

| 3

03000

{{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Team qualified for the finals

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Fixtures

=Group A=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 31 July 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| team1 = Paktia Province

| team2 = Khost Province

| score1 = 85 (31.4 overs)

| runs1 = Sadiqullah 30 (54)

| wickets1 = Khalil Gurbaz 4/17 (5.4 overs)

| score2 = 86/1 (16.1 overs)

| runs2 = Emal 33* (48)

| wickets2 = Kabir Alikhail 1/14 (5 overs)

| result = Khost Province won by 9 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196007.html Scorecard]

| venue = Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost

| umpires = Ahmed Shah Durrani and Ajmal Shamolzi

| motm = Khalil Gurbaz (Khost Province)

| toss = Khost Province won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Nimatullah, Bismillah Zadran, Naseer Ahmad, Abid Sadaf, Ihsanullah, Emal, Khalil Gurbaz, Nasim Mangal, Niamat Khoshal (Khost Province), Yousuf Shah, Sadam Totakhil, Rahman Zurmatia, Sadiqullah, Akmal Orya, Amir Zazai, Ishaq Saqi, Sami Totakhil and Sami Zadran (Paktia Province) all made their List A debuts.

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 1 August 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| team1 = Kandahar Province

| team2 = Balkh Province

| score1 = 309/7 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Baqibullah 58* (36)

| wickets1 = M Aleem 3/45 (8 overs)

| score2 = 103 (24.1 overs)

| runs2 = Mohammad Wasim Mandozai 20 (30)

| wickets2 = Baqibullah 4/32 (8.1 overs)

| result = Kandahar Province won by 206 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196009.html Scorecard]

| venue = Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost

| umpires = Ahmed Shah Durrani and Farooq Khan

| motm = Baqibullah (Kandahar Province)

| toss = Balkh Province won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Mohammad Wasim Mandozai, Abdul Razaq, M Aleem, Azim Khan, Hassan, Ibrahim, Ihsanullah, Rozaddin (Balkh Province), Nasibullah Sherdali, Ali Ahmad, Ahmad Zahir, Baqibullah, Najibullah, Ahmadullah and Ahmad Khan (Kandahar Province) all made their List A debuts.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 2 August 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| team1 = Balkh Province

| team2 = Paktia Province

| score1 = 192 (45.1 overs)

| runs1 = Abdullah Mazari 58 (83)

| wickets1 = Amir Zazai 4/27 (9 overs)

| score2 = 150 (38.4 overs)

| runs2 = Saifullah 42 (50)

| wickets2 = Abdullah Mazari 4/43 (9.4 overs)

| result = Balkh Province won by 42 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196011.html Scorecard]

| venue = Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost

| umpires = Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Ahmed Shah Durrani

| motm = Abdullah Mazari (Balkh Province)

| toss = Paktia Province won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Kamil (Balkh Province), Safiullah, Janat Mir Zadran and Riaz (Paktia Province) all made their List A debuts.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 3 August 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| team1 = Kandahar Province

| team2 = Khost Province

| score1 = 245/9 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Munir Ahmad 69 (87)

| wickets1 = Bakhtarullah Atal 3/55 (10 overs)

| score2 = 218 (47.5 overs)

| runs2 = Emal 138 (151)

| wickets2 = Waqarullah Ishaq 5/41 (10 overs)

| result = Kandahar Province won by 27 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196013.html Scorecard]

| venue = Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost

| umpires = Farooq Khan and Ajmal Shamolzi

| motm = Waqarullah Ishaq (Kandahar Province)

| toss = Khost Province won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Nazifullah (Kandahar Province) and Ihsanullah (Khost Province) both made their List A debuts.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 4 August 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| team1 = Khost Province

| team2 = Balkh Province

| score1 = 203/9 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Mohammadullah 54* (78)

| wickets1 = Asadullah Matani 4/52 (10 overs)

| score2 = 165 (43 overs)

| runs2 = Mohammad Wasim Mandozai 60 (30)

| wickets2 = Nimatullah 4/44 (10 overs)

| result = Khost Province won by 38 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196015.html Scorecard]

| venue = Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost

| umpires = Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Ahmed Shah Durrani

| motm = Nasim Mangal (Khost Province)

| toss = Khost Province won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Zafar Balkh (Balkh Province), Asghar Atal, Mohammadullah and Ihsanullah (Khost Province) all made their List A debuts.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 5 August 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| team1 = Kandahar Province

| team2 = Paktia Province

| score1 = 207 (49.5 overs)

| runs1 = Munir Ahmad 123* (136)

| wickets1 = Dawood Ahmadzai 2/28 (8 overs)

| score2 = 209/4 (28.5 overs)

| runs2 = Dawood Ahmadzai 79 (66)

| wickets2 = Munir Ahmad 1/6 (1 over)

| result = Paktia Province won by 6 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196017.html Scorecard]

| venue = Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost

| umpires = Farooq Khan and Ajmal Shamolzi

| motm = Dawood Ahmadzai (Paktia Province)

| toss = Paktia Province won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Bilal Ahmad, Ansarullah, Fawad Ahmad (Kandahar Province), Imran Dawlatzai, Izatullah Zazy, Izat Shah Zadran, Abdul Latif Husainkhil and Dawood Ahmadzai (Paktia Province) all made their List A debuts.

}}

=Group B=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 31 July 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| team1 = Nangarhar Province

| team2 = Kabul Province

| score1 = 277/9 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Najeeb Tarakai 74 (85)

| wickets1 = Nijat Masood 3/51 (10 overs)

| score2 = 200 (31.2 overs)

| runs2 = Mohammad Sardar 63 (62)

| wickets2 = Wali Agha 3/42 (8.2 overs)

| result = Nangarhar Province won by 77 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196008.html Scorecard]

| venue = Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad

| umpires = Bismillah Jan Shinwari and Mahmood Kharoti

| motm = Najeeb Tarakai (Nangarhar Province)

| toss = Kabul Province won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Amanullah Rafiqi, Wasim Zazai, Mirwais, Izharulhaq Naveed, Noman, Safiullah (Kabul Province), Abid Mohammadi, Zubaid Akbari, Yasin, Nasim Surkhrodai, Farhad Momand, Akbar Musazai, Wali Agha and Hassan (Nangarhar Province) all made their List A debuts.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 1 August 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| team1 = Herat Province

| team2 = Logar Province

| score1 = 190 (43.2 overs)

| runs1 = Abdul Ghani 68 (84)

| wickets1 = Said Khan 6/42 (9.2 overs)

| score2 = 191/6 (39.3 overs)

| runs2 = Asad Khan 75 (73)

| wickets2 = Abdul Rahman 2/31 (7.3 overs)

| result = Logar Province won by 4 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196010.html Scorecard]

| venue = Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad

| umpires = Bismillah Jan Shinwari and Muhammad Sabir

| motm = Said Khan (Logar Province)

| toss = Logar Province won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Mohammad Younus, Akbar Ali, Mohammad Kabir, Mohammad Ibrahim, Abdul Ghani, Abdullah Tarakhail, Ahmad Wali, Ainuddin Kakar, Hamayoun, Abdul Rahman (Herat Province), Samiullah Ihsas, Mohammad Sabir, Abdul Qadeer, Asad Khan, Baseer Khan, Khalid Zahedi, Ali Ahmad, Mohammadullah, Mohammad Zahir, Said Khan and Zakiullah Sultani (Logar Province) all made their List A debuts.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 2 August 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| team1 = Nangarhar Province

| team2 = Herat Province

| score1 = 327/8 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Abid Mohammadi 116 (122)

| wickets1 = Mohammad Alam 2/38 (10 overs)

| score2 = 222 (45.3 overs)

| runs2 = Fahim 49 (74)

| wickets2 = Zubaid Akbari 3/35 (9 overs)

| result = Nangarhar Province won by 105 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196012.html Scorecard]

| venue = Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad

| umpires = Bismillah Jan Shinwari and Muhammad Sabir

| motm = Abid Mohammadi (Nangarhar Province)

| toss = Nangarhar Province won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Mir Zaman, Imran Anwar and Fahim (Herat Province) all made their List A debuts.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 3 August 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| team1 = Logar Province

| team2 = Kabul Province

| score1 = 254/9 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Mohammad Sabir 93 (85)

| wickets1 = Nijat Masood 3/51 (9 overs)

| score2 = 256/8 (49.5 overs)

| runs2 = Zia-ul-Haq 107* (115)

| wickets2 = Said Khan 3/48 (10 overs)

| result = Kabul Province won by 2 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196014.html Scorecard]

| venue = Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad

| umpires = Mahmood Kharoti and Muhammad Sabir

| motm = Zia-ul-Haq (Kabul Province)

| toss = Logar Province won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Bilal, Mohammad Iqbal, Ziaulhaq (Kabul Province), Mohammad Amin and Musa Khan (Logar Province) all made their List A debuts.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 4 August 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| team1 = Logar Province

| team2 = Nangarhar Province

| score1 = 248/9 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Mohammad Sabir 122 (125)

| wickets1 = Zubaid Akbari 4/30 (9 overs)

| score2 = 252/3 (46 overs)

| runs2 = Abid Mohammadi 100* (110)

| wickets2 = Zahid Khan 1/14 (7 overs)

| result = Nangarhar Province won by 7 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196016.html Scorecard]

| venue = Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad

| umpires = Mahmood Kharoti and Izatullah Safi

| motm = Abid Mohammadi (Nangarhar Province)

| toss = Logar Province won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Allah Noor, Riaz, Wafiullah, Yousuf Khan (Nangarhar Province), Khalil and Zahid Khan (Logar Province) all made their List A debuts.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 5 August 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| team1 = Kabul Province

| team2 = Herat Province

| score1 = 308/8 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Mohammad Sardar 109 (116)

| wickets1 = Abdul Salam 2/39 (4 overs)

| score2 = 236 (48.2 overs)

| runs2 = Ghulam Jelani 60 (79)

| wickets2 = Nijat Masood 4/53 (9.2 overs)

| result = Kabul Province won by 72 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196018.html Scorecard]

| venue = Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad

| umpires = Bismillah Jan Shinwari and Izatullah Safi

| motm = Amanullah Rafiqi (Kabul Province)

| toss = Kabul Province won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Amin (Kabul Province), Abdul Salam and Ghulam Jelani (Herat Province) all made their List A debuts.

}}

Finals

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 7 August 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| round = 1st semi-final

| team1 = Khost Province

| team2 = Kabul Province

| score1 = 86 (27.5 overs)

| runs1 = M Hashum 21 (32)

| wickets1 = Nijat Masood 7/23 (9.5 overs)

| score2 = 89/0 (16.2 overs)

| runs2 = Bilal 55* (58)

| wickets2 =

| result = Kabul Province won by 10 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196019.html Scorecard]

| venue = Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad

| umpires = Mehmood Kharotai and Bismillah Jan Shinwari

| motm = Nijat Masood (Kabul Province)

| toss = Khost Province won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Shaheen, Anwar (Khost Province) and Shakirullah (Kabul Province) all made their List A debuts.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 7 August 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| round = 2nd semi-final

| team1 = Kandahar Province

| team2 = Nangarhar Province

| score1 = 271 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Munir Ahmad 98 (96)

| wickets1 = Wali Agha 4/43 (10 overs)

| score2 = 272/4 (43.1 overs)

| runs2 = Waheedullah Shafaq 100* (88)

| wickets2 = Baqibullah 3/40 (10 overs)

| result = Nangarhar Province won by 6 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196020.html Scorecard]

| venue = Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost

| umpires = Ahmed Shah Durrani and Farooq Khan

| motm = Waheedullah Shafaq (Nangarhar Province)

| toss = Nangarhar Province won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Pakhtoon Sarfaraz (Nangarhar Province) made his List A debut.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 10 August 2019

| time = 09:00

| daynight =

| round = Final

| team1 = Kabul Province

| team2 = Nangarhar Province

| score1 = 273/8 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Zia-ul-Haq 84 (90)

| wickets1 = Zubaid Akbari 3/52 (9 overs)

| score2 = 274/4 (47.4 overs)

| runs2 = Najeeb Tarakai 121 (90)

| wickets2 = Izharulhaq Naveed 2/25 (10 overs)

| result = Nangarhar Province won by 6 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196021.html Scorecard]

| venue = Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost

| umpires = Mehmood Kharotai and Ahmed Shah Durrani

| motm = Najeeb Tarakai (Nangarhar Province)

| toss = Nangarhar Province won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Mashoqullah (Nangarhar Province) made his List A debut.

}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/1196006.html Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]

{{Cricket in Afghanistan}}

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