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Boost Defenders

بوست ساتونکي Bōst Sātūnkī
Personnel
Captain	Rahmat Shah
Coach	Hamid Hassan
Team information
Founded	2013; 12 years ago (2013)
Home ground	Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar
Capacity	14,000
History
Shpageeza wins	0
GAK wins	1 (2018)

Boost Defenders (Pashto: بوست ساتونکي Bōst Sātūnkī) or Boost Region is one of eight regional first-class cricket teams in Afghanistan. The region represents the following provinces in the south and southwest of Afghanistan: Kandahar, Helmand, Nimroz, Uruzgan and Zabul. The team is named after Bōst, the historical name of Lashkargah city in Helmand Province.

Boost Region compete in the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, which has first-class status from 2017 onwards. In October 2017, they won their opening fixture of the tournament, against Mis Ainak Region, by 73 runs.

They also play in the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, which was granted List A status from 2017 and the Afghan Shpageeza Cricket League Twenty20 competition (which has Twenty20 status from 2017) using the name Boost Defenders.

In July 2018, they were one of the six teams invited to play in the first edition of the Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy. Boost Region take part in the Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup, the first edition of which will be held in April 2024.

References

1. "Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
2. "3rd Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Kabul, Oct 26-29 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
3. "ICC Recognizes Afghanistan's Domestic ODI Tournament As List A League". Bakhtar News. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
4. "Abu Dhabi to host teams from six countries in T20 tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
5. "Afghanistan Cricket Board launches Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup". Amu TV. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

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National teams	Men Women (defunct) Afghanistan A U-19
Regional Teams	Amo Region Band-e-Amir Region Boost Region Mis Ainak Region Spin Ghar Region
Tournaments	First-class Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament Mirwais Nika Provincial 3-Day One Day Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament Green Afghanistan One Day Cup Twenty20 Shpageeza Cricket League Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup
Grounds	Balkh Ghazi Amanullah (Jalalabad) Kabul Kandahar Khost Kunduz Others
Players	Test cricketers ODI cricketers T20I cricketers Captains
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