2020 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup

2020 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup
Dates13 – 22 August 2020
Administrator(s)Afghanistan Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited-overs (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin, knockout
ChampionsKhost Province (1st title)
Participants8
Matches15
Player of the seriesShahidullah
Most runsBahir Shah (244)
Most wicketsBatin Shah (17)
← 2019

The 2020 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup was a Limited-overs competition that took place in Afghanistan between 13 and 22 August 2020.[1] It was the fourth 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] However, despite the 2019 edition of the Provincial Challenge Cup having List A status, the same was not applied to the 2020 edition. Eight teams qualified for the tournament, and were divided into two groups of four.[4]

Khost Province won the tournament, after beating defending champions Nangarhar Province by five wickets in the final, with Shahidullah scoring a century.[5]

  1. ^ "2020 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  3. ^ "In Principle Agreement to Constitutional and Financial Changes to ICC". International Cricket Council. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Grade One Provincial Challenge Cup to start next week". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Final, Khost, Aug 22 2020, Provincial Challenge Cup (Grade I)". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2020.