2024–25 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament

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2024–25 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament

Dates	16 September – 26 October 2024
Administrator(s)	Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB)
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Host(s)	Afghanistan
Champions	Pamir Legends (1st title)
Participants	4
Matches	13
Player of the series	Ismat Alam (Pamir Legends)
Most runs	Ismat Alam (Pamir Legends) (723)
Most wickets	Yamin Ahmadzai (Maiwand Champions) (36) Fareed Ahmad (Pamir Legends) (36)
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The 2024–25 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament was the seventh edition of the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, a first-class cricket tournament in Afghanistan. It was being played from 16 September to 26 October 2024. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed the fixtures of the tournament on 8 September 2024.^[1] Maiwand Champions were the defending champion.^[2]

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Maiwand Champions	6	5	1	118	Advanced to the final
2	Pamir Legends	6	3	3	81	Advanced to the final
3	Mah-e-Par Stars	6	3	3	65
4	Hindukush Strikers	6	1	5	32

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[3]

League stage

16–19 September 2024^{[n 1]}
Scorecard

Hindukush Strikers	v	Mah-e-Par Stars
196 (57.4 overs) Bahir Shah 42 (96) Mohammad Gul Alizai 5/47 (13.4 overs)		280 (73 overs) Ali Ahmad 55 (86) Ziaur Rahman 3/70 (20 overs)
141 (37.1 overs) Bahir Shah 43 (72) Amir Hamza 3/28 (10 overs)		58/0 (10.1 overs) Imran Mir 39* (35)

Mah-e-Par Stars won by 10 wickets
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Amanullah
Umpires: Nasir Khan and Mahmood Kharoti
Player of the match: Mohammad Gul Alizai (Mah-e-Par Stars)

Mah-e-Par Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Arshaduddin Safi, Hizbullah Durrani (Hindukush Strikers) and Subhanullah Hotak (Mah-e-Par Stars) all made their first-class debuts.
Mohammad Gul Alizai (Mah-e-Par Stars) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Points: Mah-e-Par Stars 23, Hindukush Strikers 1

16–19 September 2024^{[n 1]}
Scorecard

Maiwand Champions	v	Pamir Legends
276 (56.1 overs) Abdullah Tarakhail 74 (62) Bashir Ahmad 5/70 (16 overs)		43 (14.5 overs) Zia-ur-Rehman 12 (26) Yamin Ahmadzai 8/13 (7.5 overs)
		159 (40.1 overs) (f/o) Sohail Khan Zurmati 40 (63) Arab Gul 3/31 (8 overs)

Maiwand Champions won by an innings and 74 runs
Najib Taraki Cricket Ground, Nangarhar
Umpires: Ihsanullah Danish and Muhammad Sabir
Player of the match: Yamin Ahmadzai (Maiwand Champions)

Pamir Legends won the toss and elcted to field.
Jalat Khan, Jamshid Zadran, Rahimullah Zurmati (Maiwand Champions) Bashir Ahmad, Yama Arab, Usman Noori and Sohail Khan Zurmati (Pamir Legends) all made their first-class debuts.
Bashir Ahmad took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Points: Maiwand Champions 24, Pamir Legends 2

22–25 September 2024
Scorecard

Maiwand Champions	v	Mah-e-Par Stars
492 (123.5 overs) Afsar Zazai 111 (180) Mohammad Ibrahim 4/72 (26 overs)		261 (79.2 overs) Imran Mir 69 (98) Yamin Ahmadzai 2/33 (17 overs)
222/6d (46.1 overs) Nasir Jamal 94 (90) Shamsurrahman 2/61 (12 overs)		176 (55.3 overs) Ijaz Ahmad 41* (104) Arab Gul 3/31 (11 overs)

Mah-e-Par Stars won by 278 runs
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Amanullah
Umpires: Nasir Khan and Ajmal Shamolzi
Player of the match: Afsar Zazai (Maiwand Champions)

Maiwand Champions won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Maiwand Champions 24, Mah-e-Par Stars 1

22–25 September 2024
Scorecard

Hindukush Strikers	v	Pamir Legends
376 (85.3 overs) Hizbullah Durrani 152 (152) Bashir Ahmad 5/38 (17 overs)		294 (103.5 overs) Islam Zazai 69 (122) Ziaur Rahman 5/63 (26.5 overs)
291 (66.5 overs) Arshaduddin Safi 120 (162) Khair Mohammad 6/57 (10.5 overs)		177 (50.5 overs) Usman Noori 56 (93) Khalil Gurbaz 5/33 (13 overs)

Hindukush Strikers won by 196 runs
Najib Taraki Cricket Ground, Nangarhar
Umpires: Ihsanullah Danish and Farooq Khan
Player of the match: Hizbullah Durrani (Hindukush Strikers)

Pamir Legends won the toss and elected to field.
Naseer Khan Maroofkhil, Lalbaz Sinzai (Hindukush Strikers) Abdullah, Sami Mamozai and Khair Mohammad (Pamir Legends) all made their first-class debuts.
Hizbullah Durrani and Arshaduddin Safi (Hindukush Strikers) both scored their maiden century in first-class cricket.
Ziaur Rahman (Hindukush Strikers) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Points: Hindukush Strikers 22, Pamir Legends 1

28 September–1 October 2024^{[n 1]}
Scorecard

Maiwand Champions	v	Hindukush Strikers
173 (63.4 overs) Nasir Jamal 96 (194) Ziaur Rahman 4/55 (17.4 overs)		146 (43.2 overs) Bahir Shah 43* (71) Yamin Ahmadzai 5/46 (18.2 overs)
158 (51.3 overs) Afsar Zazai 52 (80) Lalbaz Sinzai 5/84 (19 overs)		156 (37 overs) Bahir Shah 105* (107) Nasim Mangal 6/55 (12 overs)

Maiwand Champions won by 29 runs
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Amanullah
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Muhammad Sabir
Player of the match: Nasir Jamal (Maiwand Champions)

Hindukush Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Mohammad Younus (Maiwand Champions) made his first-class debut.
Lalbaz Sinzai (Maiwand Champions) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Points: Maiwand Champions 23, Hindukush Strikers 1

28 September–1 October 2024
Scorecard

Mah-e-Par Stars	v	Pamir Legends
191 (57.5 overs) Farmanullah 72* (114) Ismat Alam 4/20 (7.5 overs)		668/9d (166.3 overs) Usman Noori 339 (523) Kamil Kakar 3/118 (27 overs)
264 (11 overs) Shamsurrahman 67 (102) Fareed Ahmad 3/87 (14 overs)

Pamir Legends won by an innings and 213 runs
Najib Taraki Cricket Ground, Nangarhar
Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti and Ajmal Shamolzi
Player of the match: Usman Noori (Pamir Legends)

Pamir Legends won the toss and elected to field.
Usman Noori and Ismat Alam (Pamir Legends) both scored their maiden century in first-class cricket.
Usman Noori's individual score was the highest in Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament first-class history, surpassing Bahir Shah's 2017 record by 36 runs.^[4]
Points: Pamir Legends 25, Mah-e-Par Stars 0

5–8 October 2024
Scorecard

Maiwand Champions	v	Pamir Legends
199 (49.3 overs) Jawid Ahmadzai 46 (60) Ismat Alam 6/46 (16 overs)		123 (54.5 overs) Shabir Noori 42 (113) Samiullah 4/33 (15 overs)
183 (46.1 overs) Shawkat Zaman 41 (59) Fareed Ahmad 5/76 (19 overs)		250 (86.1 overs) Rahmat Shah 71 (135) Yamin Ahmadzai 4/65 (31.2 overs)

Maiwand Champions won by 9 runs
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Amanullah
Umpires: Ahmad Shah Pakteen and Bismillah Jan Shinwari
Player of the match: Yamin Ahmadzai (Maiwand Champions)

Pamir Legends won the toss and elected to field.
Samiullah (Maiwand Champions) made his first-class debut.
Ismat Alam (Pamir Legends) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Points: Maiwand Champions 22, Pamir Legends 2

5–8 October 2024
Scorecard

Mah-e-Par Stars	v	Hindukush Strikers
355 (89.2 overs) Hashmatullah Shahidi 95 (142) Abdul Baqi 3/73 (19 overs)		362 (65.5 overs) Abdul Malik 164 (170) Zahir Khan 5/128 (18.5 overs)
265 (93 overs) Ijaz Ahmad 90* (219) Mohammad Tahir 4/61 (22 overs)		219 (50.1 overs) Bahir Shah 79 (127) Amir Hamza 4/39 (14 overs)

Mah-e-Par Stars won by 39 runs
Najib Taraki Cricket Ground, Nangarhar
Umpires: Farooq Khan and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Zahir Khan (Mah-e-Par Stars)

Mah-e-Par Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Ikramullah Momand (Mah-e-Par Stars) made his first-class debut.
Points: Mah-e-Par Stars 17, Hindukush Strikers 8

10–13 October 2024^{[n 1]}
Scorecard

Pamir Legends	v	Mah-e-Par Stars
667/9d (144 overs) Ismat Alam 263* (304) Mohammad Ibrahim 3/90 (25 overs)		178 (40 overs) Riaz Hassan 56 (52) Fareed Ahmad 5/84 (18 overs)
		213 (44.5 overs) (f/o) Ali Ahmad 49 (58) Yama Arab 5/90 (20 overs)

Pamir Legends won by an innings and 276 runs
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Amanullah
Umpires: Farooq Khan and Ajmal Shamolzi
Player of the match: Ismat Alam (Pamir Legends)

Mah-e-Par Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Haroon Khan (Mah-e-Par Stars) made his first-class debut.
Points: Pamir Legends 26, Mah-e-Par Stars 0

10–13 October 2024^{[n 1]}
Scorecard

Maiwand Champions	v	Hindukush Strikers
396/9d (112 overs) Nasir Jamal 137 (198) Aftab Alam 3/59 (17 overs)		174 (46 overs) Bahir Shah 33 (42) Mohammadullah 4/44 (17 overs)
271/9d (65.2 overs) Jalat Khan 85 (97) Khalil Gurbaz 6/84 (24 overs)		150 (32 overs) Bahir Shah 56 (76) Mohammad Younus 4/71 (9 overs)

Maiwand Champions won by 343 runs
Najib Taraki Cricket Ground, Nangarhar
Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti and Muhammad Sabir
Player of the match: Afsar Zazai (Maiwand Champions)

Maiwand Champions won the toss and elected to bat.
Afsar Zazai (Maiwand Champions) scored his 2,000th run in first-class cricket.
Points: Maiwand Champions 24, Hindukush Strikers 0

16–19 October 2024^{[n 1]}
Scorecard

Pamir Legends	v	Hindukush Strikers
355 (92.1 overs) Ismat Alam 154 (195) Ziaur Rahman 5/62 (20 overs)		68 (14.5 overs) Mohibullah Zurmati 22* (26) Fareed Ahmad 4/32 (7.5 overs)
		193 (32.3 overs) (f/o) Rahmanullah 47 (50) Bashir Ahmad 5/58 (11 overs)

Pamir Legends won by an innings and 94 runs
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Amanullah
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani and Bismillah Jan Shinwari
Player of the match: Ismat Alam (Pamir Legends)

Pamir Legends won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Pamir Legends 25, Hindukush Strikers 0

16–19 October 2024^{[n 1]}
Scorecard

Maiwand Champions	v	Mah-e-Par Stars
104 (25.2 overs) Nasim Mangal 20* (22) Mohammad Ibrahim 5/30 (8 overs)		253 (80 overs) Ijaz Ahmad 65 (94) Arab Gul 5/66 (23)
214 (47 overs) Mohammad Younus 62 (94) Zahir Shehzad 6/45 (13 overs)		69/3 (17.1 overs) Allah Noor 30* (50) Afsar Zazai 1/6 (1.1 overs)

Mah-e-Par Stars won by 7 wickets
Najib Taraki Cricket Ground, Nangarhar
Umpires: Ahmad Shah Pakteen and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Mohammad Ibrahim (Mah-e-Par Stars)

Maiwand Champions won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Mah-e-Par Stars 24, Maiwand Champions 1

Final

21–25 October 2024
Scorecard

Pamir Legends	v	Maiwand Champions
270 (79.4 overs) Rahmat Shah 83 (124) Arab Gul 4/64 (20.4 overs)		218 (64.4 overs) Afsar Zazai 71 (122) Fareed Ahmad 5/69 (24.4 overs)
304 (96.3 overs) Ismat Alam 111 (186) Yamin Ahmadzai 6/80 (34.3 overs)		245 (69.2 overs) Sediqullah Pacha 64 (95) Fareed Ahmad 5/123 (29.5 overs)

Pamir Legends won by 111 runs
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Amanullah
Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti and Izatullah Safi
Player of the match: Fareed Ahmad (Pamir Legends)

Pamir Legends won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g While four days of play were scheduled for each match, the first, fifth, ninth and tenth matches reached a result in three days and the second, eleventh and twelfth matches in two days.

References

^ "Ahmad Shah Abdali First Class Tournament begins on September 16". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ "Maiwand Champions Wins the Ahmad Shah Abdali First Class Tournament 2023". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ "Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day 2024 Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ @ACBofficials (30 September 2024). "Usman Noori, the opening batter for Pamir Legends records the highest individual score to his name against Mahipar Stars in the ongoing Abdali First Class Tournament" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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