Amo Sharks

Amo Sharks
امو نهنګان
Amō Nahangān
Personnel
Captain Afghanistan Mirwais Ashraf
Coach England Gordon Parsons
Owner Al-Masafi Group
Team information
Home ground Balkh Cricket Stadium, Mazar-i-Sharif
Kunduz Cricket Ground, Kunduz
History
Shpageeza wins 0

Amo Sharks (Pashto: امو نهنګان‎ Amō Nahangān; Dari: آمو نهنگان‎) or Amo Region is one of six first-class cricket teams in Afghanistan. The regional side represents the following provinces in the north of Afghanistan: Balkh, Kunduz, Badakhshan, Jowzjan, Faryab, Sar-i-Pul, Samangan, Takhar and Baghlan. The team is named after the Amo, a river in northern Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Amo Region compete in the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, which had first-class status from 2017 onwards.[1] In October 2017, they lost their opening fixture of the tournament, against Speen Ghar Region, by an innings and 46 runs.[2]

They also compete in the Afghan Shpageeza Cricket League Twenty20 competition (which will have Twenty20 status from 2017) using the name Amo Sharks. They also play in the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, which was granted List A status from 2017.[3]

Current squad

Squad for the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League

References

  1. ↑ "Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "2nd 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.
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