Kunar Cricket Ground

Kunar Cricket Ground
Ground information
Location	Asadabad, Kunar Province
Coordinates	34.8710°N 71.1580°E
Establishment	2018
Capacity	1,000
Team information
Kunar Province	(2018/19)
Speen Ghar Region	(2018/19)
	As of 29 June 2019; Source: Ground profile

Kunar Cricket Ground (Pashto: د کونړ کرکټ کرښه‎) is a cricket ground situated on the banks of the Kunar River at Asadabad in Kunar Province.

History

Construction of the ground was funded by a $100,000 grant by the Asian Cricket Council,[1] with construction commencing in the middle of 2017, following protests in Asadabad over delays in the project.[2] The ground held its inaugural first-class cricket match when it hosted a match between Amo Region and Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament.[3] To date the ground has hosted eighteen first-class matches, including for the Kunar Province cricket team.[3] In a match between Kabul Region and Boost Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, Kabul batsman Shafiqullah scored the fastest double century in first-class cricket. He scored 200 not out from 89 balls,[4] and also scored the most sixes in a first-class match, with 24, surpassing the previous record held by New Zealander Colin Munro.[5]

Highest team total: 577 all out by Band-e-Amir Region v Kabul Region, 2017/18[6]
Lowest team total: 120 all out by Kandahar Province v Kunar Province, 2018/19[7]
Highest individual innings: 248 by Ihsanullah Janat for Mis Ainak Region v Boost Region, 2018/19[8]

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