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Speen Ghar Region cricket team

Speen Ghar Tigers
سپين غر زمريان
Spīn Ghar Zmaryān
Speen Ghar Tigers cricket team logo.jpg
Personnel
Captain Afghanistan Shafiqullah
Coach South Africa Herschelle Gibbs
Owner Muslimyar Group
Team information
Home ground Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad
Capacity 14,000
History
Shpageeza wins 2 (2013, 2015)

Speen Ghar Tigers (Pashto: سپين غر زمريانSpīn Ghar Zmaryān) or Speen Ghar Region is one of six 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, Kunar and Nuristan. The team is named after Spīn Ghar, a mountain range in the region.

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

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

Squad for the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League


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