Afghanistan Premier League 2018/19

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The Afghan Premier League 2018/19 was the first season of the Twenty20 discharged format Afghan Premier League for Afghan Cricket - franchises . It took place in the United Arab Emirates from October 5 to 21, 2018 . In the final Balkh Legends was able to prevail against Kabul Zwanan with 4 wickets.

Franchises

This year five franchises are taking part in the tournament.

franchise Hometown
Balkh Legends Mazar-e Sharif
Kabul Zwanan Kabul
Kandahar Knights Kandahar
Nangarhar leopards Jalalabad
Paktia Panthers Chost

venue

Tour venues

For security reasons, the Afghan teams' games were held in the United Arab Emirates .

Stadion city capacity Games
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Sharjah 27,000 Preliminary round, semi-finals, final

Squad lists

The roster was announced on September 11, 2018.

Twenty20
Balkh Legends Kabul Zwanan Kandahar Knights Nangarhar leopards Paktia Panthers
  • Mohammad Nabi ( K )
  • Chris Gayle
  • Colin Munro
  • Ravi Bopara
  • Aftab Alam
  • Gulbadin Naib
  • Mohammad Irfan
  • Ben Laughlin
  • Kamran Akmal
  • Qais Ahmad
  • Usman Ghani
  • Ikram Ali Khil
  • Ryan ten Doeschate
  • Tariq Stanikzai
  • Asadullah Matani
  • Farhan Zakhil
  • Samiullah
  • Darwish Rasooli
  • Mohammad Nawaz
  • Dilshan Munaweera
  • Malcolm Waller
  • Mirwais Ashraf
  • Abdullah Mazari
  • Rashid Khan ( K )
  • Luke Ronchi
  • Hazratullah Zazai
  • Colin Ingram
  • Fareed Ahmad
  • Javed Ahmadi
  • Sohail Tanvir
  • Laurie Evans
  • Wayne Parnell
  • Shahidullah
  • Ali Khan
  • Muslim Musa
  • Afsar Zazai
  • Zahir Shehzad
  • Fitratullah Khawari
  • Shawkat Zaman
  • Usman Adil
  • Zamir Khan
  • Nasir Totakhil
  • Nijat Masood
  • Younas Ahmadzai
  • Asghar Afghan ( K )
  • Wahab Riaz
  • Brendon McCullum
  • Paul Stirling
  • Najibullah Zadran
  • Karim Janat
  • Tymal Mills
  • Sam Billings
  • Iftikhar Ahmed
  • Amir Hamza
  • Karim Sadiq
  • Sayed Shirzad
  • Mohammad Naveed
  • Waqar Salamkheil
  • Abdul Baqi
  • Waqarullah Ishaq
  • Waheedullah Shafaq
  • Nasir Jamal
  • Kevin O'Brien
  • Taskin Ahmed
  • Soumya Sarkar
  • Mohammad Mithun
  • Munir Ahmad
  • Riki Wessels
  • Ben Cutting ( K )
  • Tamim Iqbal
  • Mujeeb Ur Rahman
  • Andre Russell
  • Shafiqullah
  • Najeeb Tarakai
  • Mitchell McClenaghan
  • Mushfiqur Rahim
  • Mohammad Hafeez
  • Rahmat Shah
  • Naveen-ul-Haq
  • Zahir Khan
  • Sandeep Lamichhane
  • Fazal Haque
  • Imran Janat
  • Khaibar Omar
  • Sayed Nasratullah
  • Fazal Niazai
  • Ibrahim Zadran
  • Andre Fletcher
  • Johnson Charles
  • Anton Devcich
  • Hashmatullah Shahidi
  • Nathan Rimmington
  • Mohammad Shahzad ( K )
  • Thisara Perera
  • Shahid Afridi
  • Cameron Delport
  • Sharafuddin Ashraf
  • Samiullah Shenwari
  • Chris Jordan
  • Faheem Ashraf
  • Luke Wright
  • Azmatullah Omarzai
  • Rahmanullah Gurbaz
  • Zia-ur-Rehman
  • Calum MacLeod
  • Tahir Khail
  • Yousuf Zazai
  • Fazal Zazai
  • Ihsanullah
  • Sikandar Raza
  • Isuru Udana
  • Ziaur Rahman
  • Yamin Ahmadzai
  • Mohammad Sardar
  • Seekuge Prasanna
  • Tahir Khan

format

The five franchises play in a group against each other team twice. The first four of this group qualify for the playoffs, in which the winner is determined in the semifinals and finals.

Results

Group stage

table

The first four after the preliminary round qualify for the playoffs.

Teams Sp. S. N NO P NRR
Balkh Legends 8th 6th 2 0 12   +0.782
Paktia Panthers 8th 5 3 0 10   +0.144
Kabul Zwanan 8th 4th 4th 0 8th   -0.070
Nangarhar leopards 8th 3 5 0 6th   -0.582
Kandahar Knights 8th 2 6th 0 4th   -0.226

Semifinals

October 19th
scorecard 		Sharjah Balkh Legends
235-5 (20) 		- Nangarhar Leopards
64 (13.1)
Balkh Legends wins with 171 runs
October 20
scorecard 		Sharjah Kabul Zwanan
192-9 (20) 		- Paktia Panthers
102 (14.5)
Kabul Zwanan wins with 90 runs

final

October 21
scorecard 		Sharjah Kabul Zwanan
132-9 (20) 		- Balkh Legends
138-6 (18.1)
Balkh Legends wins with 4 wickets

Corruption case

On May 10, 2020, Shafiqullah , who plays for the Nangarhar Leopards and the Afghan national team , was banned from all forms of cricket for six years for corruption offenses at this tournament and the 2018/19 Bangladesh Premier League .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gayle, Afridi, Russell: icons in Afghanistan Premier League ( English ) Cricinfo. September 11, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; NRR = Net Run Rate
  3. ↑ Afghanistan cricketer Shafiqullah Shafaq gets six-year ban for corruption ( English ) Guardian. May 10, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  4. ↑ Afghanistan's Shafiqullah banned for six years ( English ) Cricinfo. May 10, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.