Dates | 11 September 2017 – 21 September 2017 |
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Administrator(s) | Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | Afghanistan |
Participants | 6 |
Official website | www |
The 2017 season of the Afghan Shpageeza Cricket League, also known as SCL 5, is the fifth edition of the Shpageeza, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in 2013. The tournament featured the sixth teams that played in the previous season. The 2017 season was reported to be played from 18–28 July 2017, but is now due to take place in September 2017, with Kabul hosting the opening match and the final.
Six teams will contest the season. The tournament take place in September 2017.
All the matches will be played at the Kabul International Cricket Ground in Kabul, Afghanistan.
For the first time in the history of the tournament, since its introduction in 2013 edition of Shpageeza Cricket League, the six teams are now franchise based team and are sold/owned for 3 years, by the winning bid franchises.
Sharique Anwar