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Afghanistan national cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Afghanistan women's national cricket team.

Afghanistan
AssociationAfghanistan Cricket Board
Personnel
Test captainHashmatullah Shahidi
One Day captainHashmatullah Shahidi
T20I captainRashid Khan[1][2]
CoachJonathan Trott
Batting coachAndrew Puttick
Bowling coachHamid Hassan
Fielding coachShane McDermott
History
Test status acquired2017
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAffiliate Member (2001)
Associate Member (2013)
Full Member (2017)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[7] Best-ever
Test 12th 9th (1 May 2020)[3]
ODI 9th 8th (9 July 2023)[4][5]
T20I 10th 7th (5 May 2019)[6]
Tests
First Testv.  India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India 14–18 June 2018
Last Testv.  Ireland at Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi; 28 February – 1 March 2024
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total[8] 9 3/6
(0 draws)
This year[9] 2 0/2 (0 draws)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv.  Scotland at Willowmoore Park, Benoni; 19 April 2009
Last ODIv.  Ireland at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah; 12 March 2024
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[10] 166 79/82
(1 ties, 4 no results)
This year[11] 5 2/3
(0 ties, 0 no results)
World Cup appearances3 (first in 2015)
Best result6th place (2023)
World Cup Qualifier appearances2 (first in 2009)
Best resultChampions (2018)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv.  Ireland at P. Sara, Colombo; 1 February 2010
Last T20Iv.  West Indies at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet; 17 June 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[12] 134 82/49
(2 ties, 1 no result)
This year[13] 14 7/6
(1 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances6 (first in 2010)
Best resultSuper 10 (2016)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances4 (first in 2010)
Best resultChampions (2010)

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 17 June 2024

The Afghanistan men's national cricket team (Pashto: د افغانستان کرکټ ملي لوب‌‌‌‌‌‌ډله, Persian: تیم ملی کریکت افغانستان) represents Afghanistan in international cricket. Cricket has been played in Afghanistan since the mid-19th century, but it was only in the early 21st century that the national team began to enjoy success. The Afghanistan Cricket Board was formed in 1995, becoming an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001[14] and a member of the cricket confederation, Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in 2003.[15] After nearly a decade of playing international cricket, on 22 June 2017 full ICC membership (and therefore Test status) was granted to Afghanistan. Alongside Ireland, this took the number of Test cricket playing nations to twelve. Afghanistan is the first country to achieve Full Member status after holding Affiliate Membership of the ICC.[16][17] In view of the persistent conflict and insecurity in Afghanistan, following this status, the team moved to a new home ground in Dehradun, in India.[18][19] The current home ground of the Afghanistan Men's Cricket team is the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the UAE.

The team is ranked 10th in Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket as of February 2023,[20] and holds the world record for the 2nd highest ever T20I score, with their score of 278/3 against Ireland at Dehradun on 23 February 2019.

In August 2021, concerns and doubts were raised over the participation of the Afghanistan national cricket team in the future international matches after the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan.[21][22] Concerns were raised over the safety of Afghan national cricketers and their families who were still in Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover on 15 August 2021.[23] As of 31 August 2021, three of the Afghanistan women's national cricket team had evacuated to Canada, while the others were afraid of how they, as women, would be treated by the Taliban.[24]

Taliban spokesmen stated that the Taliban would not disrupt the men's cricket team's participation in international matches and that they would allow Afghanistan to play its first ever bilateral series against Pakistan in Sri Lanka which was scheduled to start in September 2021.[25][26] The Pakistan Cricket Board announced in August 2021 that the tour would be rescheduled to 2022. This was later moved to 2023 and the tour took place between 24 – 27 March 2023.[27]

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  2. ^ "Rashid Khan replaces Mohammad Nabi as Afghanistan T20I captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. ^ "ICC Test Ranking, Afganistan rise to # 9 position". India Today. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Afghanistan cricket secures place among top 10 in ICC ODI rankings". Khaama Press. 26 December 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Afghanistan break into ODI top 10". cricket.com.au. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Afganistan ranks 7th in ICC T20I rankings". Bakhtar News. 5 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  8. ^ "Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. ^ "Test matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  11. ^ "ODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  12. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  13. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  14. ^ Morgan, Roy (2007). The Encyclopedia of World Cricket. Cheltenham: SportsBooks. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-89980-751-2. Afghanistan cricket team was started to play world cup in 2015
  15. ^ "Afghanistan". Asian Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  16. ^ "Afghanistan, Ireland get Test status". ESPN CricInfo. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  17. ^ Hoult, Nick (22 June 2017). "Ireland and Afghanistan granted Test status after becoming 11th and 12th full ICC members". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  18. ^ "Afghanistan cricket fans recall centuries-old Dehradun link". Hindustan Times. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  19. ^ "Cricket diplomacy: Doon to be Afghanistan team's new home". The Times of India. 14 June 2018. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  20. ^ "Men's T20I Team Rankings". International Cricket Council. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  21. ^ "'Afghanistan Will Play in ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021'". www.news18.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Doubts over Pakistan-Afghanistan cricket series after Taliban takeover". DAWN.COM. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  23. ^ Gupta, Gaurav (19 August 2021). "Is cricket on safe ground in Afghanistan?". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  24. ^ Cite error: The named reference Guardian_Afghan_womens_cricketers_abandoned was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  25. ^ "Taliban has no objection to Afghanistan's cricket series against Pakistan in Sri Lanka". The New Indian Express. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  26. ^ "Afghanistan's series with Pakistan to go ahead despite Taliban's takeover of the country". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  27. ^ "Pakistan-Afghanistan confirm ODI series postponement". www.pcb.com.pk. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

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