Mis Ainak Knights ( ps, مس عينک اتلان ''Mis Ainak Atalān'') or Mis Ainak Region is one of eight regional first-class cricket teams in
Afghanistan. The region represents the following provinces in the southeast of Afghanistan, to the south of the capital
Kabul:
Khost,
Logar,
Paktia and
Paktika. The team is named after
Mes Aynak, an archaeological site in Logar Province.
Mis Ainak Region compete in the
Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, which has had first-class status from 2017 onwards.
In October 2017, they won their opening fixture of the tournament, against
Band-e-Amir Region, by 262 runs.
They also play in the
Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, which was granted
List A
List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...
status from
2017
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.
and the Afghan
Shpageeza Cricket League
The Shpageeza Cricket League (SCL, also known as the Alokozay Cola Shpageeza Cricket League for sponsorship reasons and Etisalat Sixes T20) ( ps, شپږیزه کرکټ لیګ) is a Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by the Afghanistan Cricket ...
Twenty20 competition (which has
Twenty20 status from 2017) using the name Mis Ainak Knights.
References
{{Cricket in Afghanistan
Cricket in Afghanistan
Afghan first-class cricket teams