Amo Sharks ( ps, امو نهنګان ''Amō Nahangān''; prs, آمو نهنگان) or Amo Region is one of eight regional first-class cricket teams in
Afghanistan. The regional side represents the following provinces in the north of Afghanistan:
Balkh
), named for its green-tiled ''Gonbad'' ( prs, گُنبَد, dome), in July 2001
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Faryab,
Jowzjan,
Samangan, and
Sar-i-Pul. The team is named after the
Amo
Amo or AMO may refer to:
Places
*Amo, Indiana, United States, a town in Hendricks County
* Amo Creek, a river in Alaska
*Amu Darya, a river in Central Asia, sometimes referred to as "Amo"
*Amo Township, Cottonwood County, Minnesota
*Kampong Amo, ...
, a river in northern Afghanistan and Central Asia.
Amo Region compete in the
Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, which has had first-class status from 2017 onwards.
In October 2017, they lost their opening fixture of the tournament, against
Speen Ghar Region, by an innings and 46 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 Twenty20 competition (which has
Twenty20 status from 2017) using the name Amo Sharks.
References
{{Cricket in Afghanistan
Cricket in Afghanistan
Afghan first-class cricket teams