Sources: for this and every other Test playing nation's 1st class cricket.
1. ACS OVERSEAS FIRST CLASS ANNUAL 2023 (compiled by John Bryant, Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, 598p.). This is the Gold Standard print publication for a record (full scorecard) of every 1st Class match (International Test and Domestic match) played in 2022-23 in 10 of the 12 Test playing countries (Ireland not included because they did not have a domestic competition or play a Test Match in 2023), England is not included in this source because complete 2022 competition (County Championship) and 2022 home Test Matches are covered in print in the 2023 edition of Wisden Cricketer's Almanac (P. 271-669). The 2023 English First Class season will be covered in the upcoming 2024 Wisden.
Both OSFCAs and WCAs are available for purchase. I highly recommend both.
In this era of electronic media and instant access, OFCA and WCA are exhaustive, easily portable resources. WCA's coverage of English 1st class cricket is part of an annual publication that has been in existence, without interruption, since 1864. OFCA bases its compilation on the most exhaustive cricket database in the world, Cricket Archive. OFCA's scorecards are organized by country (alphabetical), one scorecard per page. With the exception of India and Sri Lanka, all scorecards contain data for time at the crease. The other indispensable feature of OFCA is that it lists the the fall of wickets and which batsmen fell for Pakistan's Domestic competitions.
I prefer to use print sources as a base. Turning pages of a well indexed book is an easier task than trying to figure out numerous organizational schemes at Internet sites and databases, no matter how exhaustive they might be. However, the Internet provides hundreds of links to more information on these matches, in the form of match reports, ball by ball scoring and/or commentary, match statistics and graphics (partnership diagrams, worms, manhattans, etc.), photographs, match video highlights, and full match videos. These sources are diffused throughout the Internet. Locating and centralizing these resources is a job that a retired Librarian who loves cricket cannot resist. It will take time, but that is a commodity that I have at the moment. And if it helps you to enhance your enjoyment of International and Domestic cricket, that will be my reward.
2. Cricinfo:
International Tests are listed first. Then scroll down to "First Class" for coverage of each Domestic Competition.
3. Cricket Archive (paid subscription required)
Link country by country and then the competition you are interested in. CA provides, in most cases, both time at the crease and the over that wickets fell.
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Afghan sources (available in English and Pashto), including match articles and copious photos, are available at: Cricket Afghanistan and Afghanistan Cricket Board Domestic Cricket Development Facebook respectively
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Afghanistan: Ahmad Shah Abdali Tournament: 2022-23 (October 8-November 10, 2022).
Afghanistan Provincial Map (30 provinces, 23 are represented below)
Source of all Regional Team links: Wikipedia
Amo Region (North--Provinces of Balkh, Faryab, Jowzjan, Samangan, and Sar-i-Pul)
Boost Region (South-Southwest--Provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, Nimroz, Uruzgan, and Zabul)
Mis Ainak Region (Southeast--South of Kabul--Provinces of Khost, Logar, Paktia, and Paktika)
Speen Ghar Region (East--Provinces of Nangarhar, Laghman, Kapisa, Kunar, and Nuristan)
Band-e-Amir Region (Central--Provinces of Ghazi, Bamyan, Daykundi, and Maidan Wardak)
The Players (Afghanistan Cricket Board Domestic Cricket Development Facebook)
Coaches and Staff (Afghanistan Cricket Board Domestic Cricket Development Facebook)
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Scorecards:
1. ACS OVERSEAS FIRST CLASS ANNUAL 2023--Afghanistan (P. 11-22)
2. Cricinfo complete coverage of the Tournament, includes player linked scorecards, match summaries, ball by ball scoring, partnerships, team squads, etc.
3. Cricket Archive complete Tournament coverage with links to player statistics and both minutes at the crease and over number and batsmen at fall of each wicket.
This was a 5 Team Single Round Robin with a Final Between the 1st and 2nd Place Finishing Teams
League Standing Points System: Win=20 pts.; Win after Losing 1st Innings=14
Loss=0; Loss after Winning 1st Innings=6; Draw (W1st)=13, Draw (L1st)=7
Final Standings:
P=Matches played P; W; WLF; L; LWF; DWF; DLF; Points
20 14 0 6 13 7
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Band-e-Amir Region: 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 74
Amo Region: 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 40
Speen Ghar Region: 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 33
Mis Ainak Region: 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 27
Boost Region: 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 26
FINAL: AMO REGION DREW WITH BAND-E-AMIR REGION AND WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP BASED ON EARNING A FIRST INNINGS LEAD.
MATCH 1: Amo v Speen Ghar: Oct 8-10 (Four Day Match); (Gazi Amanulla Kahn International Cricket Stadium (1--Afghanistan Cricket Board Youtube) (2--City--Wikipedia)
Speen Ghar won the toss and bowled first
Amo 198 and 306
Speen Ghar 76 and 202
AMO WON BY 226 RUNS:
AMO 1-0; 20 Pts (Tie 1st). SPEEN GHAR 0-1; 0 Pts. (Tie 3rd)
Scorecard:
1. ASC OVERSEAS FIRST CLASS ANNUAL 2023--Afghanistan (P. 11)
2. Cricinfo
Bowler style/Batter Handedness to aid in keeping batter/bowler match ups in mind.
Bowling Speeds (approximate)
Fast=136.8+ kph (85+mph); Fast Medium=128.7-136.8 (80-85); Medium Fast=120.7-128.7 (75-80); Medium=112.7-120.7 (70-75); Spin=72.4-104.6 (45-65)
Discrepancies in Bowling styles: CI v CA. Bowling order of entry into the attack in the 1st and 2nd innings--1-1; 2-2; X-6, etc.) No CI v CA discrepancies found.
Symbols for both Attack and Batter Handedness (Note that bowlers' primary playing role is taken from Cricinfo player data and can be incomplete).
*=Captain; !=Wicket Keeper; A=All Rounder; BAA=Batting All Rounder, BOA=Bowling All Rounder; BL=Bowler; ++=First Class Debut; ?=Player's primary role unknown at this time
Speen Ghar Bowling Attack
1-1: Aftab Alam--Right arm Medium fast(BL); 2-2: Mohammad Ibrahim--Right arm Medium fast(BL); 3-3: Tahir Kahn--Spin--Right arm Off break(A) 4-4: Noor Ahmad--Spin--Left arm wrist spin (BL); 5-5: Samiullah Shenwari--Spin--Right arm Leg break(A)
X-6: Abid Mohammadi--Spin--Slow left arm orthodox (BAA); X-7: Shabir Noori--Spin--Right arm Off break(Batter)
Batters are listed by order of appearance in the 1st Innings only.
Amo Batters
1:R(*); 2:L; 3:R(!); 4:L:L(concussion sub in 2nd innings); 5:R(BAA) 6:R; 7:R(A); 8:R(BL); 9:R(BL); 10:R(BL); 11:R(BL)
Amo Bowling Attack
1-1: Mohammed Gul Alizai--Right arm Medium fast(BL); 2-2: Bilal Sami--Right arm Medium (?); 3-5: Jamshid Khan--Spin--Right arm Off break(A); 4-3: Zoaib Amadzai--Spin--Slow left arm orthodox(?); 5-6: Shafiqullah Ghafari--Spin--Right arm Leg break googly(?); 6-4:Abdul Rahman--Right arm Fast medium(BL)
Speen Ghar Batters
1:L(BAA); 2:R; 3:R(*); 4:R(++); 5:L(BAA); 6:R(A); 7:R(A); 8:R(!); 9:R(BL); 10:R(BL); 11:R(BL)
Match Article (Cricket Afghanistan)
Media: Photos only (96) Source for all: Afghanistan Cricket Board Domestic Development Facebook).
Day 1: Close of Play: Amo 198 (67.2 overs, 292 mins.); Speen Ghar (1st Innings) 34/3 (18 Overs) 28 Photos
Day 2: Close of Play: Speen Ghar (1st) 76 (45.3 overs,185 mins; Amo 297/8 (2nd Innings) (64 overs) 40 photos
Day 3: End of Match: Amo (2) 306 (66.3 overs, 411 mins; Speen Ghar 202 (2)(58.3 overs, 223 mins). 28 photos
Player of the Match: Zohaib Ahmadzai (Amo--Spin--Slow Left arm Orthodox)
Match figures of 31 Overs--21 Maidens--19 Runs--8 Wickets. 10 maidens in SG 1st Innings of 45.3 overs. In 2nd innings he broke both 50 run partnerships of the innings. Following his 1st wicket, he got 2 more in his next two overs. FIVE WICKET HAUL IN 2ND INNINGS.
Notes:
Allah Noor (Speen Ghar) played 32 consecutive dot balls (including 1 that went for 2 leg byes) in his 2nd innings.
Noor Ahmad (Speen Ghar--Left arm wrist spin)
His 1st spell of 2 overs (11-12) in Amo's 2nd innings went for 18 runs.
His 2nd spell of 9 overs--(26-42) went for 48 runs. His first 2 spells then, were 11-0-66-1. His 3rd spell of 8 overs went were 8-0-29-5.
He ended with his best match figures of 35-3-159-7 in spite of the early 2nd innings mauling, not too bad for a 19 year old wrist spinner playing in his fourth 1st Class Match. SIX WICKET HAUL IN 2ND INNINGS
He played his first ODI for Afghanistan against Ireland at Sharjah in March 2024. He was 10-0-61-0 in Afghanistan's 35 run win. The full match video is available via Afganistan Cricket Youtube. Noor bowled from the 19th to 31st and 41st to 45th overs (Cricket Afghanistan Youtube).
(6:03:18 [add &t=21820 to the end of the address to go directly] on the video for the 1st spell and 7:40:08 [&t=26708s] for the 2nd).
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MATCH 2: Band-E-Amir v Mis Ainak: Oct 8-10 (Four Day Match); Cricket Khost Cricket Stadium (1--Cricket Afghanistan) (2--Wikipedia) (3--City--Wikipedia)
Mis Ainak won the toss and bowled first
Band-E-Amir 263 and 153
Mis Ainak 225 and 119
BAND-E-AMIR WON BY 189 RUNS
BAND-E-AMIR 1-0; 20 Pts (Tie 1st). MIS AINAK 0-1; 0 Pts. (Tie 3rd)
Scorecard:
1. ASC OVERSEAS FIRST CLASS ANNUAL 2023 --Afghanistan (P. 12)
2. Cricinfo
Bowler style/Batter Handedness to aid in keeping batter/bowler match ups in mind.
Bowling speeds: Approximate:
Fast=136.8+ kph (85+mph); Fast Medium=128.7-136.8 (80-85); Medium Fast=120.7-128.7 (75-80); Medium=112.7-120.7 (70-75); Spin=72.4-104.6 (45-65)
Discrepancies in Bowling styles: CI v CA. Bowling order of entry into the attack in the 1st and 2nd innings--1-1; 2-2; X-6, etc.) 1 discrepancy found.
Symbols for both Attack and Batter Handedness (Note that bowlers' primary playing role is taken from Cricinfo player data and can be incomplete).
*=Captain; !=Wicket Keeper; A=All Rounder; BA=Batting All Rounder, BO=Bowling All Rounder; BL=Bowler; ++=First Class Debut; ?=Player's primary role unknown at this time
Mis Ainak Bowling Attack
1-5: Ziaur Rahman--Right arm fast medium(?); 2-1: Mohibullah Zurmati--Right arm medium(BOA*)(++); 3-2: Abidullah Taniwal(BOA)--Left arm medium; 4-3: Zia-ur-Rehman Spin--Slow left arm orthodox(BOA); 5-6: Zahir Kahn--Spin--Left arm wrist spin(BL); 6-4: Shahidulla--Spin--Slow left arm orthodox(BAA)
*=Source: Cricket Afghanistan match article (see link below)
Band-E-Amir Batters
1:L(++); 2:L; 3:R; 4:L(C); 5:L(!); 6:R(BOA); 7:R; 8:R(BOA); 9:R(BL)(++); 10:R(BL); 11:R(BL)
Band-E-Amir Bowling Attack
1-1: Hamid Hasan--Right arm fast (CI), Right arm fast medium (CA)(BL); 2-2: Nijat Masood--Right arm medium(BL); 3-3: Hamza Hotak--Spin--Slow left arm orthodox(BOA); 4-5: Shamsurrahman--Spin--Right arm off break)(?); 5-7: Hashmatullah Zahidi--Spin--Right arm off break(Batter)(C); 6-4: Karim Janat--Right arm medium(BOA); 7-6: Izarulhaq Naveed(Spin--Right arm Leg Break)(BL)(++)
Mis Ainak Batters
1:R(C); 2:R; 3:L(BAA); 4:R; 5:R; 6:R(!); 7:L(BOA); 8:R(BOA); 9:R(?); 10:L(BL); 11:R(BOA*)(++)
*=Source: Cricket Afghanistan match article (see link below)
Match Article (Cricket Afghanistan)
Media: Photos only (59): Source for all: Afghanistan Cricket Board Domestic Development Facebook.
Day 1: Close of Play: Band-E-Amir 236 (74.5 overs, 281 minutes); Mis Ainak 31-2 (Ishanulla (C) 8, Shahidulla 6, 17 overs) 18 photos
Day 2: Close of Play: Mis Ainak 153 (59.1 overs, 247 minutes); Band-E-Amir (2) 160-6 (Kareem Janat 44, Hamza Hotak 36, 45 overs) 8 photos
Day 3: Part 1: Band-E-Amir (2) 225 (71.4 overs, 268 minutes). Mis Ainak target is 309. 13 photos
Day 3: End of Match: Band-E-Amir (2) 225 (71.4 overs, 268 minutes; Mis Ainak (2) 119 (31.2 overs, 161 minutes). 20 photos
Player of the Match: Karim Janat (Band-e-Amir, right hand bat, right arm medium bowler. Scored 64 (100 balls, 123 minutes, 5 fours, 1 six, and 81 (124 balls, 167 minutes, 7 fours, 1 six) (145, 224, 300, 12, 2) . Bowling figures of 4-1-9-0 and 9-0-38-3 (13-1-47-3).
Partnership of 73 in 154 balls (50 in 71) with Shamsurrahman (16 in 83) for the 6th wicket in the 1st Innings (87/5 to 160/6)
Shared in partnerships for the last 6 wickets in the 2nd innings that totaled 152 in 282 balls, helping take the team from 73/4 to 225 all out.
Notes:
Although Karim Janat was a worthy player of the match, there were also others, bowlers, one an old veteran (2009- 36 years old) who is one of Afghanistan's greatest fast bowlers, and the others 2 First Class debutants.
Hamid Hasan, B-E-A's lead fast (or fast medium, depending on the source) has been playing in all three formats of the game (Limited overs and T20 internationally, Limited overs, T20s, and First Class domestically). He has played for teams in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and England on the domestic scene. He has bowled 9,701 deliveries in his career, mostly very fast and often times very hostile. He took this match by the scruff of the neck in Mis Ainak's 2nd Innings, when they were set 309 to win.
He began the Innings by suffocating opener Rahim Mangal, allowing him 3 runs in 19 balls before knocking him out of the match, retired hurt on the 20th. That reduced the number of wickets to win from 10 to 9. Though he finished that spell at 6-2-7-0 (his only spell of the innings), Hamid set the tone for a dominant 189 run win.
Mis Ainak's debutant bowler, Mohibullah Zurmati (Right arm medium, 18 years old), began the match as the 2nd bowler, and took the first 3 wickets of the innings, (B-E-A's 1-3 batsmen, leaving the defending League champions at 38-3). He had match figures of 20-2-57-4 and was the opening bowler in the 2nd Innings.
But B-E-A's debutant, Izharulhaq Naveed (Spin--Right arm leg break, 22 years old), did Zurmati one better. First summoned in the 38th over of Mis Ainak's 1st innings, he was blasted for 14 runs in the 6 ball over, taking B-E-A's score from 84/4 to 98/4. But in his next over he reduced them 100/6, taking wickets on consecutive balls (though he didn't earn a hat trick). In his 3rd over, he took another wicket, reducing the champions to 107/7. He had match figures of 11-0-50-3.
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MATCH 3: Band-e-Amir v Speen Ghar: Oct 14-15 (Four Day Match); (Gazi Amanulla Kahn International Cricket Stadium (1--Afghanistan Cricket Board Youtube) (2--City--Wikipedia)
Speen Ghar won the toss and batted first
Speen Ghar 73 and 204
Band-E-Amir 236 and 44/1
BAND-E-AMIR WON BY 9 WICKETS
BAND-E-AMIR 2-0 (20 Pts--40 total--1st). SPEEN GHAR 0-2, 0 Pts--5th)
Lineup Changes:
Speen Ghar: Farhad Momand (Bowler--Medium) in; Abid Mohammadi (Slow left arm orthodox Bowler, Batting All Rounder) out
Band-e-Amir--no changes.
Scorecards:
1. ASC OVERSEAS FIRST CLASS ANNUAL 2023 --Afghanistan (P. 13)
2. Cricinfo complete coverage of the Tournament, includes player linked scorecards, match summaries, ball by ball scoring, partnerships, team squads, etc.
3. Cricket Archive complete Tournament coverage with links to player statistics and both minutes at the crease and over number and batsmen at fall of each wicket.
Bowler style/Batter Handedness to aid in keeping batter/bowler match ups in mind.
Bowling speeds: Approximate:
Fast=136.8+ kph (85+mph); Fast Medium=128.7-136.8 (80-85); Medium Fast=120.7-128.7 (75-80); Medium=112.7-120.7 (70-75); Spin=72.4-104.6 (45-65)
Symbols for both bowling attack and Batter Handedness (Note that bowlers' primary playing role is taken from Cricinfo player data and can be incomplete).
*=Captain !=Wicket Keeper A=All Rounder BA=Batting All Rounder BO=Bowling All Rounder; BL=Bowler ++=FC Debut
Discrepancies in Bowling styles: 1: Hamid Hassan (Band-e-Amir) (CI--Right arm Fast; CA--Right arm Fast-Medium)
Band-E-Amir Bowling Attack (Numbers indicate order of entry into the attack in each Innings
1-1: Hamid Hassan--CA:Fast medium, CI:Fast; 2-2: Najid Masood--Medium; 3-6: (Karim Janat--Medium (BOA); 4-3: Hamza Hotak--Slow left arm orthodox; 5-5: Izarulhaq Naveed--Leg break; X-4: Hashmatulla Shahidi--Off break (C); X-7 Shamsurrahman--Off break
Speen Ghar Batters
1:L(BAA); 2:R; 3:R(*); 4:R; 5:R(A); 6:R(!); 7:R(A); 8:R(BL); 9:R(BL); 10:R(BL); 11:R(BL)
Speen Ghar Attack
1-2:Mohammed Ibrahim--Medium fast; 2-1: Aftab Alam-- Medium fast; 3-X: Farhand Momand--Medium; 4-X: Noor Ahmad--Left arm wrist spin; 5-3: Bashir Shah--Off Break(C); 6-X: Shamiulla Shinwari--Leg Break (A); 7-X: Tahir Khan--off break(A); 8-X: Zubaid Akbari--Slow left orthodox)(BAA); X-4; Shabir Noori (Off break)(Batter)
Band-e-Amir Batters
1:L; 2:L; 3:L(C); 4:R; 5:L(!); 6:R(BOA): 7:R; 8:R(BOA); 9:R(BL); 10:R(BL); 11:R(BL)
Match Article (Cricket Afghanistan)
Media: Photos only (50): Source for all: Afghanistan Cricket Board Domestic Development Facebook.
Day 1: Close of Play: Speen Ghar (1) 73 (26.4 overs, 123 mins); Band-e-Amir (1) 223/9 (63 overs) 28 Photos
Day 2: End of Match: Band-e-Amir (1) 236 (68 overs, 278 mins); Speen Ghar (2) 204 (65.1 overs, 276 mins): Band-e-Amir (2) 44/1 (12.2 overs, 55 mins) 22 photos
Player of the Match: Hamza Hotak (Band-e-Amir--Slow Left Orthodox)
Match figures of 25.5--6--72--9; 8.4--2--19--5 in SG 1st Innings He broke their biggest 2nd innings partnership, 79 runs for the 3rd wicket, and mopped up the tail, the last 3 wickets at 172/7, 194/8, and 204/9 (SG lost a player who had to retire hurt. 5 WICKET HAUL.
Notes:
While Hamza Hotak was the principal destroyer of the SG, Karim Janat also played a big role. He came in at #6 in B-e-A's 1st innings with his team teetering at 121/4, and shepherded the next 6 wickets for 115 runs, finishing at 71 not out, the highest score of the match, with 4 fours and 2 sixes. He stamped his authority on the match early in his innings, scoring 14 runs off his 1st 7 balls, including a four and a six. He also had match bowling figures of 13--3--35--2
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