2022 Shpageeza Cricket League Explained

2022 Shpageeza Cricket League
Fromdate:18 July 2022
Todate:5 August 2022
Administrator:Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB)
Cricket Format:Twenty20
Tournament Format:Round-robin and playoffs
Host: Afghanistan
Champions:Speenghar Tigers
Count:3
Runner Up:Boost Defenders
Participants:8
Matches:32
Player Of The Series:Najibullah Zadran (Speenghar Tigers)
Most Runs:Hashmatullah Shahidi (Boost Defenders) (411)
Most Wickets:Qais Ahmad (Kabul Eagles) (14)
Zia-ur-Rehman (Boost Defenders) (14)
Previous Year:2020
Previous Tournament:2020 Shpageeza Cricket League
Next Year:2024
Next Tournament:2024 Shpageeza Cricket League

The 2022 Shpageeza Cricket League was the eighth edition of the Shpageeza Cricket League,[1] a professional Twenty20 cricket (T20) league established by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in 2013, and the fourth edition to have official T20 status. It was originally scheduled to run from 10 to 25 September 2021,[2] with the number of teams increased from six to eight.[1] However, no tournament took place in 2021, with the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announcing that the tournament would be played in June and July 2022.[3] The Kabul Eagles were the defending champions.[4]

Despite Afghanistan being brought under the control of the Taliban in August 2021, reports have stated that the Taliban had no issue with cricket,[5] with the tournament scheduled to take place as planned.[6] The Afghanistan cricket team were scheduled to tour Sri Lanka in September 2021 to play the Pakistan cricket team.[7] In the event of that tour not taking place as planned, the ACB stated that the T20 tournament could be brought forward.[8] However, as a result of the logistical problems regarding travelling to Sri Lanka, the matches were moved to Pakistan,[9] before being postponed.[10] In the final Speenghar Tigers defeated Boost Defenders by 6 runs to win their 3rd title.

Squads

Squads were announced on 11 June 2022.[11]

Standings

Points table

Fixtures

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Knockout stage

Qualifier 1

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Eliminator

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Qualifier 2

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Final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eight participating franchises sold for SCL 2021 . Afghanistan Cricket Board . 22 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Afghanistan Taliban crisis: Cricket board to host expanded Afghan T20 league in September . Zee News . 22 August 2021.
  3. Web site: ACB announces domestic 2022 fixtures . Afghanistan Cricket Board . 6 January 2022.
  4. Web site: Shpageeza Cricket League 2020: Kabul Eagles beat Mis Ainak Knights to become champions . Cricket Times . 16 September 2020.
  5. Web site: Taliban 'don't have any issue' with cricket; but status of smaller women's programmes unclear . Wion . 22 August 2021.
  6. Web site: Afghanistan cricket official says Taliban will not stop schedule, but future of women's game unclear . Sky Sports . 22 August 2021.
  7. Web site: Afghanistan-Pakistan cricket series in doubt after Taliban takeover . Geo TV . 18 August 2021.
  8. Web site: Afghanistan prepare for Pakistan series as new chairmanship looms . CricBuzz . 22 August 2021.
  9. Web site: Afghanistan-Pakistan ODIs moved from Sri Lanka to Pakistan . ESPN Cricinfo . 23 August 2021.
  10. Web site: Pakistan-Afghanistan confirm ODI series postponement . Pakistan Cricket Board . 23 August 2021.
  11. Web site: SCL2022 Players' Draft: Here are the 8 full squads that were drafted overnight at the Players' Draft for the SCL2022.. Twitter.com. 26 July 2022.

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