Mis Ainak Knights

Mis Ainak Knights
مس عينک اتلان
Mis Ainak Atalān
Personnel
CaptainAfghanistan Ibrahim Zadran
CoachAfghanistan Raees Ahmadzai
Team information
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Home groundKhost Cricket Stadium, Khost
Capacity6,000
History
Shpageeza wins1 (2014)
GAK wins3 (2019, 2020, 2021)

Mis Ainak Knights (Pashto: مس عينک اتلان Mis Ainak Atalān) or Mis Ainak Region is one of eight regional first-class cricket teams in Afghanistan. The region represents the following provinces in the southeast of Afghanistan, to the south of the capital Kabul: Khost, Logar, Paktia and Paktika. The team is named after Mes Aynak, an archaeological site in Logar Province.

Mis Ainak Region compete in the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, which has had first-class status from 2017 onwards.[1] In October 2017, they won their opening fixture of the tournament, against Band-e-Amir Region, by 262 runs.[2]

They also play in the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, which was granted List A status from 2017.[3] and the Afghan Shpageeza Cricket League Twenty20 competition (which has Twenty20 status from 2017) using the name Mis Ainak Knights. They also take part in the Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup, the first edition of which will be held in April 2024.[4]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. ^ "1st Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Oct 20-23 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. ^ "ICC Recognizes Afghanistan's Domestic ODI Tournament As List A League". Bakhtar News. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Afghanistan Cricket Board launches Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup". Amu TV. Retrieved 2024-04-08.