2019 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup

2019 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup
Dates31 July – 10 August 2019
Administrator(s)Afghanistan Cricket Board
Cricket formatList A
Tournament format(s)Round-robin, knockout
ChampionsNangarhar Province (1st title)
Participants8
Matches15
Player of the seriesZubaid Akbari
Most runsMunir Ahmad (348)
Most wicketsNijat Masood (17)
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The 2019 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup was a List A cricket competition that took place in Afghanistan between 31 July and 10 August 2019.[1] 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.[2][3] Eight teams qualified for the tournament, and were divided into two groups of four.[4]

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

  1. ^ "2019 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup: Fixtures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  3. ^ "In Principle Agreement to Constitutional and Financial Changes to ICC". International Cricket Council. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Provincial Grade-one Challenge Cup starts tomorrow". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.