# 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament

The 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament was an edition of the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, a cricket tournament in Afghanistan. It was the first edition of the competition to be played with first-class status. The tournament started on 20 October 2017 and finished on 23 December 2017. Five regional teams competed in a double round-robin tournament with the top two teams in the group progressing to the final.
Speen Ghar Region finished first in the group stage and faced Band-e-Amir Region in the final. Band-e-Amir Region won the tournament, beating Speen Ghar Region by 537 runs in the final.

## Squads

| Amo Region | Band-e-Amir Region | Boost Region | Mis Ainak Region | Speen Ghar Region |
| Adbullah Mazari Juma Gul Zahid Zakhail Yahya Khan Haji Murad Muradi Farhan Zakhil Asadullah Matani Khalid Khan Noorullah Abdul Malik Jamshid Khan Samiullah Ihsanullah Javed Zadran Shir Shirzai | Imran Janat Hazrat Zazai Zia ul Haq Noor ul Haq Younis Ahmadzai Mohammad Sardar Murtaza Shakirullah Farmanullah Nasrat Ullah Qurishi Rokhan Barakzai Nijat Masood Abdullah Adil Zahir Khan Asif Musazai | Munir Ahmad Sami Agha Khaibar Omar Bahar Shinwari Dawlat Khan Mohammad Ibrahim Karim Sadiq Nazir Ahmad Mohammad Alam Abdul Baqi Batin Shah Ihsanullah Mohammad Nasir Dastagir Khan Shah Zaib | Ghamai Zadran Fazal Zazai Rahim Mangal Rahmat Sahak Imran Ziaulhaq Akmal Orya Sadam Mangal Rashid Zadran (wk) Nawaz Khan Kabir Alikhail Fazal Niazai Bakhtarullah Atal Zia Akbar Nasir Totakhil | Shawkat Zaman Basir Mahboob Nasir Omar Mutabar Khan Hamayun Omar Arif Khan Tahir Adil Waheedullah Shafaq Qasim Oryakhail Muslim Musa Zahir Shehzad Fitratullah Khawari Ibrahim Abdurahimzai Khairullah Zamir Khan |

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | NR | Pts |
| Speen Ghar Region | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100 |
| Band-e-Amir Region | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 99 |
| Mis Ainak Region | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 87 |
| Amo Region | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 62 |
| Boost Region | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 52 |
Team qualified for the Final

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 20–23 October 2017 Scorecard
* Mis Ainak Region won by 262 runs Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Bismillah Jan Shinwari and Izatullah Safi Player of the match: Rahmatullah Sahaq (Mis Ainak Region)
* Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.
* Fazal Zazai, Rahim Mangal, Imran Mir, Ghamai Zadran, Ziaulhaq, Rashid Zadran, Nasir Totakhil, Nawaz Khan, Zia-ur-Rehman, Kabir Alikhail (Mis Ainak Region), Imran Janat, Hazratullah Zazai, Zia-ul-Haq, Younas Ahmadzai, Shakirullah, Mohammad Sardar, Sayed Nasratullah, Rokhan Barakzai and Nijat Masood (Band-e-Amir Region) all made their first-class debuts.
* 20–23 October 2017 Scorecard
* Speen Ghar Region won by an innings and 46 runs Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Ghazi Amanullah Town Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Mahmood Kharoti Player of the match: Bahir Shah (Speen Ghar Region)
* Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to bat.
* Hamayun Omar, Nasir Khan, Bahir Shah, Tahir Khan, Shawkat Zaman, Waheedullah Shafaq, Muslim Musa, Qasim Oryakhail, Zahir Shehzad, Fitratullah Khawari, Mohammad Ibrahim (Speen Ghar Region), Zahid Zakhail, Juma Gul, Shir Shirzai, Farhan Zakhil, Yahya Khan, Haji Murad Muradi, Asadullah Matani, Jamshid Khan, Samiullah, Ihsanullah Mandozai (Amo Region) all made their first-class debuts.
* Bahir Shah (Speen Ghar Region) scored the second-highest total on debut in a first-class match.

### Round 2

* 26–29 October 2017 Scorecard
* Boost Region won by 73 runs Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul Umpires: Farooq Khan and Izatullah Safi Player of the match: Mohammad Alam (Boost Region)
* Boost Region won the toss and elected to bat.
* Bahar Shinwari, Sami Agha, Munir Ahmad, Khaibar Omar, Mohammad Ibrahim, Dilawar Khan, Batin Shah, Mohammad Alam, Abdul Baqi, Mohammad Nasir (Boost Region), Sadam Mangal and Bakhtarullah Atal (Mis Ainak Region) all made their first-class debuts.
* 26–29 October 2017 Scorecard
* Speen Ghar Region won by 8 wickets Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Ghazi Amanullah Town Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Mohammad Sabir Player of the match: Muslim Musa (Speen Ghar Region)
* Amo Region won the toss and elected to bat.
* Khairullah (Speen Ghar Region), Abdul Malik, Noorullah and Javed Zadran (Amo Region) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 3

* 1–4 November 2017 Scorecard
* Speen Ghar Region won by 182 runs Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost Umpires: Ajmal Shamolzi and Bismillah Jan Shinwari Player of the match: Bahir Shah (Speen-Ghar Region)
* Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ahsanullah (Boost Region), Said Mutabar and Zamir Khan (Speen Ghar Region) all made their first-class debuts.
* 1–4 November 2017 Scorecard
* Amo Region won by 2 wickets Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Ghazi Amanullah Town Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti and Mohammad Sabir Player of the match: Juma Gul (Amo Region)
* Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to bat.
* Farmanullah, Mohammad Zahir (Band-e-Amir Region) and Khalid Zahedi (Amo Region) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 4

* 7–10 November 2017 Scorecard
* Speen Ghar Region won by an innings and 138 runs Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost Umpires: Farooq Khan and Izatullah Safi Player of the match: Bahir Shah (Speen Ghar Region)
* Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to field.
* Arif Khan (Speen Ghar Region), Shah Zaib, Nazir Ahmad and Dastagir Khan (Boost Region) all made their first-class debuts.
* Bahir Shah (Speen Ghar Region) became the second-youngest player, after Javed Miandad, to score a triple century in first-class cricket.
* 7–10 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Ghazi Amanullah Town Umpires: Abdullah and Ahmed Shah Durrani Player of the match: Zia-ur-Rehman (Mis Ainak Region)
* Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.
* Haqmal Arya (Mis Ainak Region) and Asif Musazai (Band-e-Amir Region) both made their first-class debuts.

### Round 5

* 13–16 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost Umpires: Ajmal Shamolzi and Bismillah Jan Shinwari Player of the match: Gulbadin Naib (Boost Region)
* Boost Region won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible on days 3 and 4 due to rain.
* Tamim Surkhorodi, Mohammad Wasim Mandozai and Fazalhaq Farooqi (Amo Region) all made their first-class debuts.
* 13–16 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Ghazi Amanullah Town Umpires: Abdullah and Mahmood Kharoti Player of the match: Aftab Alam (Mis Ainak Region) and Zahir Shehzad (Speen Ghar Region)
* Mis Ainak Region won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible on days 3 and 4 due to rain.
* Shafiqullah (Speen Ghar Region) and Aftab Alam (Mis Ainak Region) both made their first-class debuts.

### Round 6

* 19–22 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Mehmood Kharotai Player of the match: Sayed Shirzad (Boost Region)
* Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.
* Waqar Salamkheil and Usman Ghani (Band-e-Amir Region) both made their first-class debuts.
* 19–22 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Ghazi Amanullah Town Umpires: Izatullah Safi and Tasal Shinwari Player of the match: Imran Mir (Mis Ainak Region) and Said Mutabar (Speen Ghar Region)
* Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to field.
* Shahidullah (Mis Ainak Region) made his first-class debut.

### Round 7

* 25–28 November 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost Umpires: Irshad Omari and Mahmood Kharoti Player of the match: Karim Janat (Band-e-Amir Region)
* Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to field.
* Attaullah, Zohaib Ahmadzai (Amo Region) and Wali Bahadur (Band-e-Amir Region) all made their first-class debuts.
* 25–28 November 2017 Scorecard
* Mis Ainak Region won by an innings and 56 runs Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Ghazi Amanullah Town Umpires: Ajmal Shamolzi and Bismillah Jan Shinwari Player of the match: Zia-ur-Rehman (Mis Ainak Region)
* Mis Ainak Region won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohammad Kabir (Boost Region), Ihsanullah Ihsan and Ajmal Khan (Mis Ainak Region) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 8

* 1–4 December 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost Umpires: Mehmood Kharotai and Mohammad Shah Fazalyar Player of the match: Imran Mir (Mis Ainak Region)
* Amo Region won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ziaur Rahman (Mis Ainak Region) and Janat Gul (Amo Region) both made their first-class debuts.
* 1–4 December 2017 Scorecard
* Band-e-Amir Region won by 30 runs Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Ghazi Amanullah Town Umpires: Farooq Khan and Mohammad Sabir Player of the match: Waqar Salamkheil (Band-e-Amir Region)
* Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sadiq Farhad and Mohammad Inamullah (Band-e-Amir Region) both made their first-class debuts.

### Round 9

* 7–10 December 2017 Scorecard
* Amo Region won by 76 runs Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Mehmood Kharotai Player of the match: Karim Sadiq (Amo Region)
* Amo Region won the toss and elected to bat.
* Afzal Zazai (Amo Region), Izatullah and Abdul Rahman (Boost Region) all made their first-class debuts.
* 7–10 December 2017 Scorecard
* Band-e-Amir Region won by 4 wickets Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Ghazi Amanullah Town Umpires: Ajmal Shamolzi and Mohammad Sabir Player of the match: Karim Janat (Band-e-Amir Region)
* Speen Ghar Region won the toss and elected to bat.
* Naqib Nangarhari (Speen Ghar Region) made his first-class debut.

### Round 10

* 13–16 December 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Mehmood Kharotai Player of the match: Shahidullah (Mis Ainak Region)
* Mis Ainak Region won the toss and elected to field.
* 13–16 December 2017 Scorecard
* Band-e-Amir Region won by 6 wickets Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Ghazi Amanullah Town Umpires: Ajmal Shamolzi and Farooq Khan Player of the match: Karim Janat (Band-e-Amir Region)
* Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jawid Safi (Band-e-Amir Region) made his first-class debut.

## Final

* 19–22 December 2017 Scorecard
* Band-e-Amir Region won by 537 runs Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Ghazi Amanullah Town Umpires: Bismillah Jan Shinwari and Farooq Khan Player of the match: Younas Ahmadzai (Band-e-Amir Region)
* Band-e-Amir Region won the toss and elected to bat.