Cricket
The Shpageeza T20 League in Afghanistan saw Abdul Latif Ayoubi, the owner of the Kabul Zalmi franchise bowl one over but he was subsequently banned by the Afghanistan Cricket Board for misbehavior.
Updated : Sep 17, 2020, 09:04 AM IST | Edited by : Siddharth Vishwanathan
He bowled one over and conceded 16 runs. This was his first-ever cricket game at the age of 40. Now, he has been banned for misbehavior. This is the strange story of Abdul Latif Ayoubi, the owner of the Kabul Eagles franchise who came on to bowl one over during their Shpageeza T20 clash against Speen Ghar Tigers on September 13.
Ayoubi came on to bowl in the 12th over of the Speen Ghar Tigers chase and he was greeted by two sixes by Bahir Shah. He bounced back and conceded just four runs off the next four balls but that was the only over that he bowled. Speen Ghar Tigers were restricted to 142/8 with Azmatullah Omarzai taking three wickets. In response, Rahmatullah Gurbaz hit 40 as Kabul Eagles won the match by six wickets.
However, it later emerged that Ayoubi was banned by the Afghanistan Cricket Board. According to ACB, Ayoubi was banned from attending the remained of the tournament after violating. In a statement put out on Twitter, the Afghanistan Cricket Board said, “@TheKabulEagles franchise owner Ab.Latif Ayobi is banned from attending the remainder of #Etisalat4GSCL2020 & fined 30000 AFNs for violation of Articles 9 &18 of the ACB Disciplinary Code which deals with misbehavior with Staff or players, using foul language & damaging property.
However, the incident involving Ayoubi did not distract the Kabul Eagles as they continued their dominance of the Shpageeza T20 League. In a tense match, Kabul Eagles managed just 139 runs thanks to the efforts of Younas Ahmadzai and Samiullah Shinwari. Shapoor Zadran and Noor Ahmad picked up two wickets to give Mis Ainak Knights a chance.
Ghamai Zadran of Mis Ainak Knights hit 40 but Nijay Masood and Nangeyalia Kharote picked up two wickets apiece as Kabul Eagles held on for a tense nine-run win.