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2017 Shpageeza Cricket Leagueشپږيزه کريکټ ليګ ۲۰۱۷

Dates 11 September 2017 – 21 September 2017
Administrator(s) Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB)
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and playoffs
Host(s) Afghanistan
Champions Band-e-Amir Dragons
Participants 6
Matches 19
Player of the series Karim Sadiq (Kabul Eagles)
Most runs Asghar Afghan (Kabul Eagles) 250
Most wickets Zahir Khan (Mis Ainak Knights) 15
Official website www.shpageeza.af
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The 2017 season of the Shpageeza Cricket League (Pashto: شپږيزه کريکټ ليګ ۲۰۱۷), also known as SCL 5, was the fifth edition of the Shpageeza, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in 2013. The tournament featured the six teams that played in the previous season. The 2017 season was reported to be played from 18 to 28 July 2017, but took place in September 2017, with the Kabul International Cricket Ground hosting all the matches.[1]

The player auction took place in May 2017.[2] Overseas players sold during the auction included Umar Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Kamran Akmal, Rumman Raees, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Nawaz and Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes and Sabbir Rahman (Bangladesh), Sikandar Raza, Solomon Mire, Sean Williams and Hamilton Masakadza (Zimbabwe) and Rayad Emrit (West Indies).[2] However, following a breakdown in relations between the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the PCB banned its players from taking part.[3] The Bangladesh players also withdrew. As a result of this, and the tournament moving from July to September, overseas players were redrafted.[4] Shortly before the tournament, Sean Williams decided not to travel to join up with Spin Ghar Tigers in order to work on his fitness.[5]

On 13 September 2017, during the match between Boost Defenders and Mis Ainak Knights, a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a checkpoint near the road leading to the stadium, killing three people.[6] The match was briefly halted, but soon resumed.[6] Following the blast, the South African and Zimbabwean cricket boards ordered their representatives to return home. However, most of the Zimbabwean players opted to remain and continue with the tournament, as did the majority of other overseas players, coaches, and commentators[7][8][9] such as Dean Jones who expressed his solidarity with the people of Afghanistan.[10] This was the first edition of the tournament since the ICC granted it official Twenty20 status (originally it was given List A cricket status before the 50-over Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament was also recognised).[11][12]

For the first time in the history of the tournament, since its introduction in 2013 edition of Shpageeza Cricket League, the six teams are now franchise based team and are sold/owned for 3 years, by the winning bid franchises.

Amo Sharks[4] Band-e-Amir Dragons[4] Boost Defenders[4] Kabul Eagles[4] Mis Ainak Knights[4] Spin Ghar Tigers[4]
Coach
England Gordon Parsons India Umesh Patwal England Adam Hollioake Cricket West Indies Augustin Logie England Andrew Moles South Africa Herschelle Gibbs
Captain
Afghanistan Mirwais Ashraf Afghanistan Rashid Khan Afghanistan Shapoor Zadran Afghanistan Asghar Afghan Afghanistan Mohammad Nabi Afghanistan Shafiqullah
Overseas Players
Pakistan Abdul Razzaq Zimbabwe Hamilton Masakadza Zimbabwe Richard Ngarava Zimbabwe Tendai Chatara Sri Lanka Ashan Priyanjan South Africa Glenton Stuurman Zimbabwe Luke Jongwe Cricket West Indies Denesh Ramdin Zimbabwe Johnathan Campbell South Africa Abdul Razak South Africa Cameron Delport Cricket West Indies Rayad Emrit Sri Lanka Jeevan Mendis South Africa Morné van Wyk Zimbabwe Solomon Mire Zimbabwe Richmond Mutumbami Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Zimbabwe Ryan Burl Zimbabwe Vusi Sibanda Zimbabwe Sikandar Raza Oman Bilal Khan Zimbabwe Elton Chigumbura Zimbabwe Tendai Chisoro Zimbabwe Sean Williams
Afghan Players
Afsar Zazai Dawlat Khan Fazal Zazai Imran Mohammadi Mohammad Alam Najeeb Tarakai Nasir Totakhil Nawab Khan Noor-ul-Haq Perwez Malikzai Rahmatullah Sahaq Sharafuddin Ashraf Tahir Khan Yamin Ahmadzai Yousuf Zazai Amin Shinwari Arif Khan Fitratullah Khawari Habib Sultani Hazratullah Ikram Ali Khil Javed Ahmadi Javeed Khan Muslim Musa Najibullah Zadran Qasim Oryakhail Rahmat Shah Samim Sultani Shahidullah Tahsin Sultani Wafadar Wahab Shinwari Abdul Baqi Fazal Niazai Gulbadin Naib Juma Gul Mujeeb Ur Rahman Munir Ahmad Nasir Khan Nawroz Mangal Shabir Noori Tariq Stanikzai Waheedullah Shafaq Waqar Ishakqai Zia-ur-Rehman Abdullah Mazari Fareed Ahmad Hamid Hassan Hashmatullah Shahidi Imran Janat Karim Janat Karim Sadiq Khaibar Omar Mohammad Ibrahim Mohammad Sardar Sayed Nasratullah Qais Ahmad Sayed Abdullah Shawkat Zaman Bahar Shinwari Darwish Rasooli Dawlat Zadran Ghamai Zadran Ibrahim Zadran Ihsanullah Nasir Jamal Naveen-ul-Haq Nawaz Khan Nisar Wahdat Rahim Mangal Rahmanullah Gurbaz Zahir Khan Zahir Shehzad Zia-ul-Haq Abdullah Adil Abdul Wasi Aftab Alam Amir Hamza Batin Shah Fazal Haq Haji Murad Muradi Nijat Masood Noor Ali Zadran Rokhan Barakzai Samiullah Shenwari Usman Ghani Younas Ahmadzai

After the squads were announced,[4] Band-e-Amir Dragons added Tendai Chatara (Zimbabwe) and Ashan Priyanjan (Sri Lanka), while Boost Defenders added Abdul Razak (South Africa) and Johnathan Campbell (Zimbabwe) to their squads as overseas players.

Team[14] Pld W L T NRR Pts
Band-e-Amir Dragons 5 4 1 0 +1.689 8
Mis Ainak Knights 5 4 1 0 +0.437 8
Kabul Eagles 5 3 2 0 +0.337 6
Boost Defenders 5 2 3 0 –0.172 4
Spin Ghar Tigers 5 2 3 0 –1.017 4
Amo Sharks 5 0 5 0 –1.441 0
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