Speenghar Tigers

Speenghar Tigersسپين غر زمريان
Spīn Ghar Zmaryān

Personnel
Captain| Shafiqullah
Coach| Riaz Afridi
Owner| Muslimyar Group
Team information
Founded| 2013
Home ground| Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad
Capacity| 14,000
History
Shpageeza wins| 2 (2013, 2015)
GAK wins| 1 (2018)

Speenghar Tigers (Pashto: سپين غر زمريان Spīn Ghar Zmaryān) or Speenghar Region (alternative spelling: Spin Ghar) is one of eight regional first-class cricket teams in Afghanistan. The region represents the following provinces in the east of Afghanistan, to the east of the capital Kabul: Nangarhar, Laghman, Kapisa, Kunar and Nuristan. The team is named after Spīn Ghar, a mountain range in the region.

Speenghar 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 Amo Region, by an innings and 46 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 Speenghar Tigers.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status". ESPNcricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
2. ^ "2nd match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Oct 20-23 2017". ESPNcricinfo. 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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