Category: cricket

by Amina Azizi

Afghan Cricket Foundation Annual Cup 2018

ONE day, EIGHT teams, EIGHT trophies, more than a DOZEN matches and TWO Winners! A great tournament and some spectacular and sensational performances by all the teams.

The day started with a recitation followed by the national anthem, giving each team, player and all participants the spirit to work hard and make the winning trophy theirs!

For Tape Ball tournament:

In the tape-ball tournament, Ahmadzai CC and Spinghar Zalmi,  won 2 matches each and both lost 1 match each in the group stages. Noshaq and Baghlan Super Kings were undefeated confirming their spot for the final. Congratulations to Baghlan SK on winning the tournament, reclaiming the cup this year against last last year’s winners!

Afghan Tigers and Kabul Eagles were through to the final as they both defeated Katawaz XI, Katawaz XI was unlucky to lose both of their matches in the group stage. It was a tough competition between the finalists to win the trophy, both teams displayed some exceptional performances but Afghan Tigers came out on top at the end and won this years title (Hard-ball).

ACF gives everyone an opportunity to show their talent and to achieve more. ‪We would like to thank everyone who gave us a helping hand at the #ACAannualCup, our volunteers came as early as 6/7am & tirelessly helped us until 9/10pm, we wholeheartedly thank you for giving us your precious time, it wouldn’t have been possible without you. We also thank everyone who played, visited and cheered their friends.

by Amina Azizi

ACF Tournament Announcement 2018

We are Glad to Invite you to Participate in our annual tournaments, the teams showed an enormous interest in introducing hard ball tournament in our previous events, therefore we have decided to organise a hard ball tournament along with tape ball tournament this year.

Tape Ball Tournament:

The tape tournament will take place on Saturday the 23rd of June from 9am to 8pm at Regents Park. There will be 8 teams competing in this competition. The group stage matches and semi-finals will be played on the 23rd of June and the final of tape ball tournament will be played on the 30th of June at the same venue.

It will be a 3 rounds competition between 8 teams, in round one (group stage), the teams have been divided into two groups (Group A and GroupB ) each group will have 4 teams, each team will play all the other teams in the group once (each team will get to play 3 games in the group stage). Two teams with most number of wins/points will qualify from each group to the semi-finals. All the group stage matches will be 10 overs (per innings) The semi-finals will be 10-15 overs depending on the time available on the day. The winners from semi-finals will go through to the final and battle for the trophy.

Game Format

– Each team will consist of 9 players (extra players are recommended, since this is a tournament and one team can be playing as many as 3-5 times on the day).
– All games in the group stage will last 10 overs per innings
– Only one bowler can bowl 3 overs, all other bowlers can bowl a maximum of 2 over (group stage).

Hard Ball Tournament:

The hard ball tournament is scheduled to take place at Regents Park on Saturday the 30th of June (9am – 8pm). Registration is open to 4 teams only, It will be a knockout tournament, the team that loses a match will be eliminated from the competition, the winners will go to the next round.

 

by Amina Azizi

ACF leadership meeting with MCC ahead of #AFGvMCC

ACF leadership had a productive meeting with the Marketing & Digital Content Manager of Marylebone Cricket Club at @homeofcricket. The meeting was mainly focused on preparation for

Afghanistan vs MCC which is scheduled to take place on the 11th of July. This will be the first ever appearance of the Afghan Cricket team at the Home Of Cricket, We are fully committed to play our  role and help advertise and promote this historical event.  . We hope to continue our collaboration with MCC on similar projects in the future.