Kabul Eagles

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GP - Kabul Eagles
کابل بازان
Kābəl Bāzān
Kabul Eagles cricket team logo.jpg
Personnel
CaptainAfghanistan Rahmanullah Gurbaz
CoachCricket West Indies Gus Logie
OwnerAbdul Latif Ayoubi[1]
Team information
Founded2015
Home groundAlokozay Kabul International Cricket Ground, Kabul
Capacity6,000
History
Shpageeza wins2 (2016, 2020)

Kabul Eagles (Pashto/Dari: کابل بازان Kābəl Bāzān) is one of eight regional level first-class cricket teams in Afghanistan. The team, based in the country's capital city Kabul, was created to join the five regional sides in the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, which has first-class status from 2017 onwards.[2] The Kabul team also compete in the Afghan Shpageeza Cricket League Twenty20 competition (which has List A status from 2017) using the name Kabul Eagles. They were the 2016 and 2020 champions in the league.

Honours[]

Shpageeza Cricket League

  • 2016
  • 2020

References[]

  1. ^ "Team owner makes T20 debut in Afghanistan league, gets banned for misbehaviour". Indian Express. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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