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The 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament was a List A cricket competition that took place in Afghanistan between 10 and 27 July 2018.^[1] It was the second 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.^[2]^[3] Six teams competed; Amo Region, Band-e-Amir Region, Boost Region, Kabul Region, Mis Ainak Region and Speen Ghar Region. Speen Ghar Region were the defending champions.^[4]

Following the group stage, Speen Ghar Region and Boost Region finished first and second respectively, and faced each other in the final.^[5] Boost Region won the match by five wickets to win the tournament.^[6]

Fixtures

Points table

Team^[7]	Pld	W	L	NRR	Pts
Speen Ghar Region	5	5	0	+0.625	10
Boost Region	5	3	2	+0.984	6
Band-e-Amir Region	5	3	2	+0.944	6
Amo Region	5	2	3	–0.903	4
Mis Ainak Region	5	1	4	–0.668	2
Kabul Region	5	1	4	–0.940	2

Team qualified for the final

Group stage

10 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Amo Region 272/6 (50 overs)	v	Kabul Region 274/6 (47.5 overs)
Darwish Rasooli 65 (77) Batin Shah 3/59 (10 overs)		Shafiqullah 50* (24) Sharafuddin Ashraf 2/59 (9 overs)

Kabul Region won by 4 wickets
Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Umpires: Bismillah Jan Shinwari and Abdullah
Player of the match: Shafiqullah (Kabul Region)

Kabul Region won the toss and elected to field.
Bahar Shinwari, Batin Shah (Kabul Region), Fazal Zazai, Farhan Zakhil, Nisar Wahdat, Haji Murad Muradi, Abdul Wasi, Zohaib Ahmadzai and Fazalhaq Farooqi (Amo Region) all made their List A debuts.

10 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Speen Ghar Region 324 (49.1 overs)	v	Mis Ainak Region 300 (46 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad 143 (89) Rahmat Shah 4/34 (7 overs)		Shahidullah 103* (90) Qais Ahmad 3/63 (10 overs)

Speen Ghar Region won by 24 runs
Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost
Umpires: Izatullah Safi and Mahmood Kharoti
Player of the match: Mohammad Shahzad (Speen Ghar Region)

Mis Ainak Region won the toss and elected to field.
Rahmatullah Sahaq (Mis Ainak Region), Ikram Alikhil, Zahidullah and Qais Ahmad (Speen Ghar Region) all made their List A debuts.

11 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Amo Region 152 (42.4 overs)	v	Band-e-Amir Region 153/1 (16 overs)
Javed Ahmadi 37 (28) Nijat Masood 5/19 (7 overs)		Hazratullah Zazai 103* (50) Fazalhaq Farooqi 1/26 (3 overs)

Band-e-Amir Region won by 9 wickets
Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Farooq Khan
Player of the match: Nijat Masood (Band-e-Amir Region)

Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.

11 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Speen Ghar Region 298/8 (50 overs)	v	Boost Region 241/9 (50 overs)
Samiullah Shinwari 104 (144) Sayed Shirzad 2/39 (10 overs)		Munir Ahmad 81 (78) Aftab Alam 3/48 (10 overs)

Speen Ghar Region won by 57 runs
Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost
Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti and Ajmal Shamolzi
Player of the match: Samiullah Shinwari (Speen Ghar Region)

Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
Bahir Shah (Speen Ghar Region), Sayed Shirzad and Mohammad Alam (Boost Region) all made their List A debuts.

13 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Band-e-Amir Region 310/5 (50 overs)	v	Kabul Region 247/9 (50 overs)
Usman Ghani 136 (118) Karim Janat 2/65 (10 overs)		Imran Janat 57 (71) Hashmatullah Shahidi 3/39 (8 overs)

Band-e-Amir Region won by 63 runs
Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Umpires: Bismillah Jan Shinwari and Abdullah
Player of the match: Usman Ghani (Band-e-Amir Region)

Kabul Region won the toss and elected to field.

13 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Mis Ainak Region 227/9 (46 overs)	v	Boost Region 203/9 (34.5 overs)
Shahidullah 51 (63) Sayed Shirzad 2/35 (8 overs)		Waqarullah Ishaq 52 (46) Nawaz Khan 3/38 (6 overs)

Boost Region won by 1 wicket (D/L method)
Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost
Umpires: Izatullah Safi and Muhammad Sabir
Player of the match: Waqarullah Ishaq (Boost Region)

Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
Abdul Baqi (Boost Region), Naveed Obaid, Asadullah and Nasir Totakhil (Mis Ainak Region) all made their List A debuts.

15 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Speen Ghar Region 321/8 (50 overs)	v	Kabul Region 257 (47.4 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad 109 (80) Abdullah Mazari 4/45 (10 overs)		Shafiqullah 55 (36) Aftab Alam 3/37 (8.4 overs)

Speen Ghar Region won by 64 runs
Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Umpires: Mehmood Kharotai and Bismillah Jan Shinwari
Player of the match: Mohammad Shahzad (Speen Ghar Region)

Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to bat.
Javed Zadran, Mohammad Inamullah and Qasim Oryakhail (Kabul Region) all made their List A debuts.

16 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Mis Ainak Region 160 (37.1 overs)	v	Band-e-Amir Region 162/4 (29 overs)
Rahmat Shah 29 (31) Amir Hamza 2/20 (6.1 overs)		Ihsanullah 66* (82) Rahmat Shah 2/32 (9 overs)

Band-e-Amir Region won by 6 wickets
Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Umpires: Abdullah and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Ihsanullah (Band-e-Amir Region)

Mis Ainak Region won the toss and elected to bat.

18 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Amo Region 318/4 (50 overs)	v	Boost Region 316/9 (50 overs)
Javed Ahmadi 123 (118) Yamin Ahmadzai 2/76 (10 overs)		Karim Sadiq 75 (36) Sharafuddin Ashraf 6/43 (10 overs)

Amo Region won by 2 runs
Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Umpires: Farooq Khan and Ahmed Shah Durrani
Player of the match: Sharafuddin Ashraf (Amo Region)

Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
Riaz Hassan (Amo Region) and Zahid Zakhail (Boost Region) both made their List A debuts.

19 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Kabul Region 304/9 (50 overs)	v	Mis Ainak Region 307/8 (48.4 overs)
Shafiqullah 77 (40) Zahir Khan 4/63 (10 overs)		Noor Ali Zadran 74* (73) Naveen-ul-Haq 3/49 (9.4 overs)

Mis Ainak Region won by 2 wickets
Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Umpires: Mehmood Kharotai and Bismillah Jan Shinwari
Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Mis Ainak Region)

Kabul Region won the toss and elected to bat.
Said Mutabar and Shamsurrahman (Kabul Region) both made their List A debuts.

20 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Band-e-Amir Region 266/7 (50 overs)	v	Speen Ghar Region 269/6 (49.1 overs)
Ibrahim Zadran 100 (123) Aftab Alam 3/60 (10 overs)		Mohammad Shahzad 66 (73) Nijat Masood 2/70 (9.1 overs)

Speen Ghar Region won by 4 wickets
Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Umpires: Abdullah and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Tahir Khan (Speen Ghar Region)

Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to field.

22 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Kabul Region 216/8 (50 overs)	v	Boost Region 218/3 (32.3 overs)
Shawkat Zaman 50 (74) Rokhan Barakzai 3/31 (10 overs)		Najibullah Zadran 58* (24) Javed Zadran 1/29 (4 overs)

Boost Region won by 7 wickets
Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Mehmood Kharotai
Player of the match: Karim Sadiq (Boost Region)

Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
Dastagir Khan (Boost Region) made his List A debut.

23 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Amo Region 301 (50 overs)	v	Mis Ainak Region 289/9 (50 overs)
Mirwais Ashraf 55 (35) Zia-ur-Rehman 2/38 (9 overs)		Rahmat Shah 109 (113) Sharafuddin Ashraf 3/52 (10 overs)

Amo-Region won by 12 runs
Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Umpires: Bismillah Jan Shinwari and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Sharafuddin Ashraf (Amo Region)

Mis Ainak Region won the toss and elected to field.
Fareed Zargar (Mis Ainak Region) and Jamshid Khan (Amo Region) both made their List A debuts.

24 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Band-e-Amir Region 208/9 (50 overs)	v	Boost Region 212/8 (22.3 overs)
Hashmatullah Shahidi 58 (86) Sayed Shirzad 2/35 (10 overs) Abdul Baqi 2/35 (10 overs)		Najibullah Zadran 95* (51) Sayed Nasratullah 3/43 (6 overs)

Boost Region won by 2 wickets
Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Farooq Khan
Player of the match: Najibullah Zadran (Boost Region)

Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
Farmanullah (Band-e-Amir Region) made his List A debut.

25 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Amo Region 346/7 (50 overs)	v	Speen Ghar Region 347/5 (49.4 overs)
Nisar Wahdat 101 (103) Wafadar 3/89 (10 overs)		Samiullah Shinwari 192* (123) Mirwais Ashraf 2/55 (6 overs)

Speen Ghar Region won by 5 wickets
Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Mehmood Kharotai
Player of the match: Samiullah Shinwari (Speen Ghar Region)

Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to field.
Samiullah (Amo Region), Mohammad Ishaq, Naqib Nangarhari and Tamim Surkhorodi (Speen Ghar Region) all made their List A debuts.

Final

27 July 2018
09:30
Scorecard

Speen Ghar Region 319/8 (50 overs)	v	Boost Region 325/5 (48.3 overs)
Azmatullah Omarzai 66 (45) Sayed Shirzad 3/72 (10 overs)		Munir Ahmad 108* (91) Tariq Stanikzai 1/44 (8 overs)

Boost Region won by 5 wickets
Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Farooq Khan
Player of the match: Munir Ahmad (Boost Region)

Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.

References

^ "Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament 2018 - Fixtures & Results". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^ "Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^ "In Principle Agreement to Constitutional and Financial Changes to ICC". International Cricket Council. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
^ "Final, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Amanullah, Aug 19 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^ "Amo Outclassed by Sami's Carnage". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^ "Buoyant Bost clinch the title". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

[dates-1] "Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament 2018 - Fixtures & Results". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.

[Afg-LA-2] "Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

[Afg-ICC-3] "In Principle Agreement to Constitutional and Financial Changes to ICC". International Cricket Council. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

[defend-4] "Final, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Amanullah, Aug 19 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.

[5] "Amo Outclassed by Sami's Carnage". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[6] "Buoyant Bost clinch the title". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[Points-7] "Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

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