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The Kabul International Cricket Stadium in Afghanistan hosted two Shpageeza Cricket League 2024 matches on Monday, August 19. In the first match of the day, Amo Sharks defeated Mis Ainak Knights by 25 runs after charting 190/5 upfront. Opening batter Zubaid Akbari and number four Shahidullah top-scored with swift 49 runs each while Sharafuddin Ashraf launched a six and a four in his five-ball cameo at the death.
Later in the run-chase, captain Ibrahim Zadran led Knights’ run-chase with a counterattacking 52. However, tumbling wickets at the other end to Amo Sharks bowlers Azmatullah Omarzai (3/41) and Fazalhaq Farooqi (1/21) restricted Knights to just 165/8 from 20 overs.
Between Speen Ghar Tigers and Boost Defenders, the former made 192/6 after winning the toss and opting to bat first. Opener Hassan Eisakhil cracked 63 runs from 42 balls to top-score in the innings and shared a 60-run stand with partner Numan Shah (17-ball 36). Samiullah Shinwari slogged his way to an unbeaten 49 from 28 balls to counter Naseer Khan Maroofkhil’s four-over spell of 2/51.
In response, Boost Defenders batters came out all guns blazing and mowed down their target with seven balls to spare. Mohammad Akram blasted 40 from 18 balls while captain Rahmat Shah chipped in with 48 off 28. Unbeaten Darwish Rasooli (35* off 22) and Abdul Hadi (24* off 9) also smacked a few during their unbroken 38-run match-winning partnership.
Shpageeza Cricket League 2024 Most Runs List
Band-E-Amir Dragons batter Sediqullah Atal continues to remain the highest run-aggregator of the Shpageeza Cricket League 2024 season with 280 runs. Mis Ainak Knights’ Wafiullah Tarakhil finds himself at number two with 208 runs from five matches at a prolific average of 69.33.
Hassan Eisakhil with 194 runs, Rahmat Shah with 193 runs and Darwish Rasooli with 176 runs constitute the elite group of five most successful batters of the season thus far.
Zubaid Akbari is ranked sixth on the run-scoring charts with 175 runs. Ibrahim Zadran and Abdul Malik take the seventh and eighth spots, respectively for tallying 170 and 162 runs. Shahidullah has charted 141 runs from six innings to rank ninth on the table while Samiullah Shinwari takes the tenth spot for scoring 134 runs at a strike-rate of 150.56.
Shpageeza Cricket League 2024 Most Wickets List
Band-E-Amir Dragons teammates Amir Hamza, Nangeyalia Kharote and AM Ghazanfar take the top three spots on the wicket-taking charts in that order. While Hamza has snared 10 wickets from five matches, Kharote and Ghazanfar have taken nine wickets so far in five innings each.
Zia-ur-Rehman and Zahir Khan, also with nine wickets each, are ranked fourth and fifth on the table and are differentiated by varying bowling averages.
Sharafuddin Ashraf’s eight-wicket tally places him at number six on the tournament’s bowling list. Mis Ainak Knights colleagues Wahidullah Zadran and Abdul Rahman have both seized seven wickets so far to be ranked seventh and eighth, respectively.
Azmatullah Omarzai and Yama Arab round up the top 10 bowling table for taking seven wickets each.
