Afghanistan
|
Association
| Afghanistan Cricket Board
|
---|
|
Test captain
| Hashmatullah Shahidi
|
---|
One Day captain
| Hashmatullah Shahidi
|
---|
T20I captain
| Rashid Khan
[1]
[2]
|
---|
Coach
| Jonathan Trott
|
---|
Batting coach
| Andrew Puttick
|
---|
Bowling coach
| Hamid Hassan
|
---|
Fielding coach
| Shane McDermott
|
---|
|
Test
status acquired
| 2017
|
---|
|
ICC status
| Affiliate Member (2001)
Associate Member (2013)
Full Member
(2017)
|
---|
ICC region
| Asia
|
---|
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]
|
---|
|
|
First Test
| v.
India
at
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
,
Bangalore
,
India
14?18 June 2018
|
---|
Last Test
| v.
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)
|
---|
|
|
First ODI
| v.
Scotland
at
Willowmoore Park
,
Benoni
; 19 April 2009
|
---|
Last ODI
| v.
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
appearances
| 3 (
first in
2015
)
|
---|
Best result
| 6th place (
2023
)
|
---|
World Cup Qualifier
appearances
| 2 (
first in
2009
)
|
---|
Best result
| Champions (
2018
)
|
---|
|
First T20I
| v.
Ireland
at
P. Sara
,
Colombo
; 1 February 2010
|
---|
Last T20I
| v.
New Zealand
at
Providence Stadium
,
Providence
; 7 June 2024
|
---|
T20Is
|
Played
|
Won/Lost
|
---|
Total
[12]
|
132
|
81/48
(2 ties, 1 no result)
|
---|
This year
[13]
|
12
|
6/5
(1 ties, 0 no results)
|
---|
|
T20 World Cup
appearances
| 6 (
first in
2010
)
|
---|
Best result
| Super 10 (
2016
)
|
---|
T20 World Cup Qualifier
appearances
| 4 (
first in
2010
)
|
---|
Best result
| Champions (2010)
|
---|
|
|
|
As of 7 June 2024
|
The
Afghanistan men's national cricket team
(
Persian
:
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,
Pashto
:
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) 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
[update]
, 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]
History
Pre-ODI history
Cricket in Afghanistan
was popularised by
Afghan expatriates
who learnt the sport while living in Pakistan in the 1980s and 1990s, during the
post-Soviet invasion
era.
[28]
[29]
Most members of the early Afghanistan national cricket team grew up in Pakistan and participated in the country's domestic cricket structure, making use of cricket facilities in
Peshawar
with the support of the
Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB).
[30]
[29]
It was during this time that the
Afghanistan Cricket Federation
(now ACB) was also founded, in 1995.
[31]
Like all sports, cricket was initially banned by the
Taliban
, but cricket became an exception in 2000 (being the only sport in Afghanistan to be approved by the Taliban). The ACF received recognition from the
International Cricket Council
(ICC) in 2001.
[31]
Afghanistan fielded their cricket team in Pakistan's domestic setup for the first time in the 2001?02 season, participating in the second division of the
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
where they drew two and lost three of their five games.
[32]
[33]
They returned for the Cornelius Trophy in the 2002?03 season, drawing one and losing three matches.
[34]
In the 2003?04 season, they made an appearance in the PCB's inter-district tournament in Peshawar, where they registered their lone victory against
Swabi
, drew twice and lost two matches.
[33]
[35]
They began playing in Asian regional tournaments in 2004, finishing sixth in their first ACC Trophy. More success began in 2006 when they were runners-up to
Bahrain
in the Middle East Cup and beat an
MCC
side featuring former
England
captain
Mike Gatting
by 171 runs in
Mumbai
. Gatting was dismissed for a
duck
.
[36]
They toured
England
in the summer of 2006, winning six out of seven matches. Three of their wins came against the second XIs of
Essex
,
Glamorgan
and
Leicestershire
.
[15]
They finished third in the ACC Trophy that year, beating
Nepal
in a play-off match.
[36]
They won their first tournament in 2007, sharing the
ACC Twenty20 Cup
with
Oman
after the two tied in the final.
[36]
They began their qualifying campaign for the
2011 World Cup
in
Jersey
in 2008, winning
Division Five
of the World Cricket League.
[37]
They finished third in the ACC Trophy Elite tournament the same year,
[15]
and won a second consecutive WCL tournament,
Division Four
in
Tanzania
later in the year.
[15]
The Afghanistan national team was coached by former Pakistani cricketers
Kabir Khan
and
Rashid Latif
in its initial years.
[28]
[30]
During this period, a number of Afghan international cricketers made appearances for Pakistani domestic outfits in the first-class circuit.
[29]
[38]
[39]
In January 2009,
Afghanistan
progressed to the 2009 World Cup Qualifier by winning
Division Three
of the World Cricket League in
Buenos Aires
, topping the table on net run rate ahead of
Uganda
and
Papua New Guinea
.
[40]
In 2010, Afghanistan competed at the
Asian Games
, a non-ICC
T20
event hosted by China, where they defeated a second-string Pakistan side
by 22 runs in the semi-finals
in what was considered an upset.
[41]
In May 2011, the Afghan side embarked on a tour of Pakistan to partake in a three-match
limited overs
series against
Pakistan A
, where they were whitewashed by the home side 3?0.
[42]
[38]
They followed this up with another tour in September to participate in Pakistan's domestic
National T20 Cup
in Karachi as the
Afghan Cheetahs
, but had another poor outing,
losing all three
of their matches.
[43]
ODI status
In the 2011 Cricket World Cup qualifying tournament, Afghanistan failed to progress to the
World Cup
, but earned ODI status for four years.
[15]
Their first
ODI
was against Scotland in the 5th place playoff, having previously beaten the Scots earlier in the tournament; Afghanistan won by 89 runs.
[44]
Afghanistan became the only affiliate member to have ODI status.
In the
Intercontinental Cup
Afghanistan played its first first-class match against a Zimbabwe XI in a four-day match in
Mutare
. During the match, which was drawn, Afghan batsman
Noor Ali
scored centuries in both his innings, making him only the fourth player to do so on their first-class debut. Later, in August 2009, they played the
Netherlands
in the same competition at the
VRA Cricket Ground
, winning a low-scoring match by one wicket.
[45]
Afghanistan then took part in the
2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup
in the
United Arab Emirates
. Afghanistan were drawn in Group A, a group which Afghanistan topped at the end of the group stages by winning all five of their matches. In the semi-finals the Afghans defeated
Kuwait
by 8 wickets.
[46]
In the final they met the hosts, the
United Arab Emirates
, whom they defeated by 84 runs.
[47]
On 1 February 2010, Afghanistan played their first
Twenty20 International
against
Ireland
,
[48]
which they lost by 5 wickets.
[49]
On 13 February 2010, Afghanistan defeated the United Arab Emirates by 4 wickets to make their way to the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 to be in the West Indies in April 2010. Later the same day they defeated Ireland by 8 wickets in the Final of
2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
to win the qualifier.
[50]
Afghanistan were in
Group C
of the main tournament, with
India
and
South Africa
. During their first match against
India
, opening batsman
Noor Ali
hit 50 runs, helping Afghanistan to a score of 115 in their 20 overs. Despite this they lost the match by 8 wickets.
[51]
In their second match, the team were reduced to 14/6 at one stage, before a late rally from
Mirwais Ashraf
and
Hamid Hassan
helped Afghanistan post 88 all out, resulting in a loss by 59 runs.
[52]
The team's Intercontinental Cup campaign continued in 2010, with wins over
Ireland
,
Canada
,
Scotland
and
Kenya
before they beat Scotland by 7 wickets in the final in
Dubai
.
[53]
Also in 2010, they won the ACC Trophy Elite tournament in
Kuwait
, beating
Nepal
in the final
[54]
and finished third in
Division One
of the
World Cricket League
in the
Netherlands
.
[55]
They took part in the
cricket tournament
at the
2010 Asian Games
in
China
and won the silver medal, losing to
Bangladesh
in the final.
[56]
In 2011, Afghanistan begun the
2011-13 ICC World Cricket League Championship
. They beat
Canada
and drew with the UAE.
[57]
In the parallel one-day league, they won two matches against Canada and lost twice to the
UAE
.
[58]
In December once again took part in the ACC Twenty20 Cup, this time in
Nepal
. They went on to win all of their matches to once again take the Cup.
On 10 February 2012, Afghanistan played a one-off
One Day International
(ODI) match against
Pakistan
at
Sharjah
, the
first ever official game between the two sides
and also the first ever ODI between an
Affiliate
and a
Test
-playing nation.
[59]
Billed as a historic occasion for Afghan cricket, the game was won comfortably by Pakistan by seven wickets with 13 overs to spare.
[60]
[61]
They also took on the Australia Cricket Team in an Only ODI at Sharjah in August 2012. They fell short in both matches, but their performance showed they were continuing to make progress. Their 2012 ICC International Cup games were also challenging, resulting in a split with the Netherlands and a loss to Ireland.
2013 brought greater success for Afghanistan. In March, they played two T20 Internationals against Scotland in
UAE
and prevailed in both matches. They also won two ODIs in the
World Cricket League Championship
against the same opponents.
In the WCL Championship table, as 2013 dawned Afghanistan was level with Scotland in third, trailing Ireland and the Netherlands for the two automatic qualification spots for the 2015 World Cup. However, two convincing wins in spring over Scotland boosted hopes some. Then in July the Netherlands failed to take any points against Ireland, leaving Afghanistan in position to qualify if they could win their final four matches, against poorer performing Namibia and Kenya. Despite the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands both being able to win their remaining games, keeping the pressure on Afghanistan, Afghanistan handled Namibia, then defeated Kenya by 8 wickets on 2 October. With one final win over Kenya on 4 October by 7 wickets, Afghanistan secured second in the Championship with 19 points, and qualified for World Cup.
[62]
Afghanistan also crushed Scotland in their one-day ICC Intercontinental Cup league in March in Abu Dhabi: Afghanistan (275: Shah 67*, Davey 4?53) beat Scotland (125: Taylor 48*, Dawlatzai 6?57 and 145: Coetzer 57, Dawlatzai 5?37) by an innings and 5 runs. Izatullah Dawlatzai took eleven wickets.
[63]
In July 2014 Afghanistan toured
Zimbabwe
to play its 1st full series against a full member. The 4 match ODI series finished 2?2 and the 2 match first class series finished 1?1.
With their victory
over Zimbabwe
on 25 December 2015, Afghanistan entered the top 10 of the
ICC's ODI rankings
for the first time.
[64]
Associate Membership
Afghanistan had become an Affiliate member of the ICC in 2001. Then in 2009 it had attained one-day status until 2015.
In 2012, the
Asian Cricket Council
decided to nominate Afghanistan for Associate membership with the ICC, with the request being looked into at the ICC's annual conference in June. Becoming an Associate would mean higher funding (the ICC had been paying $700,000 in annual funding to Afghanistan's organization, suggested to rise to $850,000 for Associate status), and also importantly would mean more exposure for the passionate and cricket-starved players from war-torn Afghanistan.
[65]
[66]
In March 2013, Afghanistan received a further support boost when a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the
Afghanistan Cricket Board
(ACB) and
Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB) for the development of Afghanistan cricket ahead of the 2015 World Cup.
The PCB provided technical and professional support, including game-education programmes, coaching courses, skill and performance analysis, and basic umpiring and curator courses. High performance camps for emerging players were also organised. The PCB-regulated
National Cricket Academy
(NCA) helped in improving technical, tactical, mental and physical skills, and hosted lectures on doping, anti-corruption and various codes of conduct.
[67]
In April 2013, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) was also allocated US$422,000 (22,400,000 AFN approx.) from the ICC's targeted assistance and performance programme. The world governing body of cricket approved the grant at its IDI (ICC Development International) board meeting, which concluded in Dubai. The money, to be given over three years, was aimed at developing more competitive teams among ICC Full, Associate and Affiliate members. Previous countries to receive similar funding programmes included the Netherlands, Scotland, the West Indies, Zimbabwe and Ireland. An ICC statement suggested the funding was targeted towards the development of the National Cricket Academy in Kabul.
On 26 June 2013 at the ICC's annual meeting in London, England, Afghanistan received its
Associate Membership
[68]
with the statement:
- "Afghanistan is the only country that receives the Associate Membership in a short period of time in reward to the efforts Afghanistan made for the promotion of cricket," (Dr Noor Muhammad, CEO of the
Afghanistan Cricket Board
(ACB), on the ACC website)
2015 Cricket World Cup
Qualification for the tournament was a historic feat for cricket in Afghanistan, one amplified by the fact that the team included many players who picked up the game in refugee camps outside their war-torn country.
[69]
Afghanistan made their World Cup debut in the
2015 Cricket World Cup
which their first game was against
Bangladesh
at the
Manuka Oval
in Canberra, Australia. The match resulted in a 105 run defeat.
[70]
On 26 February 2015, Afghanistan won their first World Cup match against Scotland, winning by one wicket. The team however, lost all its remaining games and were knocked out of the tournament in the opening round.
2019 Cricket World Cup
The
2019 Cricket World Cup
was the second Cricket World Cup in which Afghanistan participated in. Thus, it was Afghanistan's first consecutive World Cup appearance (2015-2019). This World Cup was in a "round robin" format where Afghanistan faced all the other teams but did not manage to claim victory against any national team in the tournament for the first time in their short history in the World Cup tournament.
[71]
2023 Cricket World Cup
In the
2023 Cricket World Cup
, Afghanistan secured a victory by 69 runs against the defending champions,
England
, in their third match of the World Cup on 15 October 2023. This was the first time Afghanistan defeated England and the first time Afghanistan defeated the defending Cricket World Cup champions.
[72]
This was backed up by a first ever victory over Pakistan by 8 wickets in ODI in their 5th match.
[
citation needed
]
They also defeated Sri Lanka for the first time in the Cricket World Cup by 7 wickets on 30 October 2023. This was also the first time in a Cricket World Cup that Afghanistan had won two matches consecutively. In the following match, they defeated Netherlands for the first time in the Cricket World Cup. This was the first time Afghanistan achieved three consecutive victories in the Cricket World Cup.
Post-World Cup tours
The team visited Zimbabwe for the second time in October where Afghanistan clinched a historic one-day international series over Zimbabwe after a 73-run victory in Bulawayo saw them win 3?2.
Doing so, they became the first non-Test-playing country to win a multi-game bilateral ODI series against a Test side. The Afghanistan cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates to play the United Arab Emirates cricket team in December 2016. The tour consisted of three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. Afghanistan won the series 3?0. The Afghanistan cricket team toured Bangladesh in September and October 2016 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) matches. This was Afghanistan's first full series against a Test-playing side other than Zimbabwe and was the first bilateral series between the two sides.
Ahead of the ODI series there was a fifty-over warm-up game between the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI and Afghanistan in Fatullah. Afghanistan won the warm-up match by 66 runs and Bangladesh won the ODI series 2?1.
In February 2017 the
International Cricket Council
(ICC) awarded
first-class
status to Afghanistan's four-day domestic competition.
[73]
The Afghan cricket team toured
Zimbabwe
between January and February 2017. The tour consisted of five
One Day International
(ODI) matches. Prior to the ODI series, the Afghanistan A cricket team played five "unofficial" ODI matches against the Zimbabwe A cricket team. All of those matches had been designated List A status. Afghanistan won the initial List A series 4?1 and the ODI series 3?2.
2017
The
Ireland cricket team
toured India during March 2017 to participate in a
series of matches
against Afghanistan, consisting of three T20 matches, five ODI contests and an
ICC Intercontinental Cup
match.
[74]
All the matches took place in
Greater Noida
. The Afghan team were highly successful, emerging victorious in both the T20I series 3?0 and the ODI series 3?2. Afghanistan also won the ICC Intercontinental Cup match, by the margin of an innings and 172 runs.
The Afghanistan cricket team completed another
tour
in June 2017, this time facing the
West Indies
.
[75]
The tour marked Afghanistan's first bilateral tour against a full member nation other than Zimbabwe. (Later that month, Afghanistan itself was awarded that status.) The tour was less successful for the Afghans, who were convincingly defeated 3?0 in the T20 series.
[76]
They performed better in the ODI series, seizing a 1?1 draw after the final match was washed out with no result. Afghanistan registered their first win against Sri Lanka in
Asia Cup
.
Towards Test status
Afghanistan qualified for
2012 ICC World Twenty20
held in Sri Lanka as the runner up of the
ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
and joined
India
and
England
in the group stage. In the first match against India on 19 September, Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field. India posted 159/5 in 20 overs but Afghanistan fell short of that target by scoring 136 in 19.3 overs. In the second match against England on 21 September, Afghanistan won the toss and again elected to field. England set a target of 196/5 (20 overs) but Afghanistan were all out for 80 in 17.2 overs. England and India qualified for the Super Eights and Afghanistan were eliminated as a result of this match.
On 3 October 2013, Afghanistan beat
Kenya
to finish second in the WCL Championship and qualify for the
2015 Cricket World Cup
, becoming the 20th team to gain entry into the tournament overall. Afghanistan secured their passage to
Australia
and
New Zealand
in 2015 by beating Kenya comprehensively for the second time in succession in Sharjah, sealing their maiden World Cup qualification. They finished second in the World Cricket League Championship ? nine wins in 14 matches ? and joined
Ireland
as the second Associate team in the 2015 World Cup, while the remaining two spots for Associates will be decided by a qualifying tournament in New Zealand in 2014. Afghanistan will join Pool A at the World Cup along with Australia, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and another qualifier.
[77]
On 24 November 2013, Afghanistan beat Kenya to qualify for the 2014 T20 world cup.
In March 2014, Afghanistan beat
Hong Kong
in the
2014 ICC World Twenty20
but could not make it to the next stage of super 10 having lost the two matches to
Bangladesh
and
Nepal
.
On 25 February 2015, Afghanistan won their first
Cricket World Cup
match beating
Scotland
by one wicket. Afghanistan participated in the
World Twenty20
2016 in India. They were unable to qualify for the Semi-Finals of the International Tournament. They defeated the eventual champions,
West Indies
, during their final group match of the tournament.
Their third match was against the full member test team
Zimbabwe
. They played exceptionally well beating Zimbabwe by 59 runs. Afghanistan qualified for the Super 10 stage of the tournament as a result of this match, while Zimbabwe were eliminated. Afghanistan progressed to the second phase of a World Twenty20 tournament for the first time. On 25 June 2016,
Lalchand Rajput
was named as head coach of Afghanistan Cricket Team replacing
Pakistan
's
Inzamam ul Haq
with his first outings with the team being a tour of
Scotland
,
Ireland
and the
Netherlands
in July and August of that year. He was chosen ahead of
Mohammad Yousuf
,
Herschelle Gibbs
and
Corey Collymore
[78]
Rajput
is in line for a two-year contract, but that decision would be finalised after the upcoming tour of Europe.
In July 2016, ACB unveiled a strategic plan and set targets for Afghanistan cricket team to be a top-six ODI team by 2019 and a top-three team in both T20Is and ODIs by 2025.
[79]
In order to achieve this,
ACB
created a proposal to be presented to
BCCI
, to secure annual bilateral matches against India and teams touring India beginning the following year.
[80]
Shafiq Stanikzai, Chief Executive of
ACB
, said the draft had been presented to BCCI president Anurag Thakur in May and further discussions occurred during the ICC Annual Conference in Edinburgh in June 2016.
On 25 July 2016, Afghanistan confirmed its first full series against
West Indies
a top-8 ranked Full member.
[81]
Its earlier full series came against a permanent member of ICC was against
Zimbabwe
. Afghanistan toured the Caribbean islands in mid-June 2017 and played 5 ODIs and 3 T20Is.
On the same day, it was announced that Afghanistan would host a full series against
Ireland
at
Greater Noida
.
[82]
Besides a 4-day intercontinental cup match,
Ireland
and Afghanistan would play five ODIs and three T20Is in March 2017. Afghanistan won the T20I series 3-0 and in the process set a new T20I record of 11 consecutive victories.
On 22 June 2017, the
International Cricket Council
(ICC) awarded Afghanistan full Test status, along with
Ireland
.
[83]
In December 2017, the ICC confirmed that Afghanistan were scheduled to play their first Test
against India
, in late 2018.
[84]
According to the
ICC Future Tours Programme
for 2019?23, Afghanistan are scheduled to play thirteen Tests.
[85]
In January 2018, both the ACB and the BCCI confirmed the Test would be played in June in
Bengaluru
.
[86]
[87]
In June 2018, Afghanistan lost their maiden Test match to hosts
India
by an innings and 262 runs, despite being able to bowl out a strong Indian team in the first innings.
Rise as a Test team
In
March 2019 against Ireland
, Afghanistan achieved their first Test match victory in their only second Test match, becoming the fourth team after
Australia
,
England
and
Pakistan
to win one of their first two Tests.
[88]
[89]
In September 2019, Afghanistan beat hosts
Bangladesh
by 224 runs in a one-off Test tour. Rain almost resulted in the match being drawn, but finally the weather cleared, allowing the spin-unit of Afghanistan to take the final four wickets.
- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rahmat Shah
and
Rashid Khan
became the first players to score a century and take 10 wickets in a Test for Afghanistan, respectively.
Grounds
Afghanistan typically do not play their home matches in Afghanistan due to the
ongoing security situation
and the lack of international standard facilities. Afghanistan played their 'home'
Intercontinental Cup
fixture against Ireland at the
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
in
Sri Lanka
. Following Afghanistan's World Twenty20 qualifying campaign they played two One Day Internationals against Canada at the
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium
in the
UAE
.
[90]
As plans to resurrect Afghan cricket developed, at least three international standard cricket stadiums have been built in Afghanistan. In 2016,
Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex
in
Greater Noida
became the home ground for the Afghanistan national cricket team after they decided to shift their home ground from
Sharjah
.
[91]
[92]
[93]
In June 2018, after acquiring test status, Afghanistan changed their home base to
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun
,
India
.
[94]
In May 2019,
Afghanistan Cricket Board
requested
BCCI
for a new home stadium.
[95]
In August 2019, BCCI approved
Ekana Cricket Stadium
in Lucknow, India as the new home stadium for the team.
[96]
The following are the main cricket stadiums in Afghanistan:
- Secondary Home Grounds (outside Afghanistan)
[97]
Team colours
In Test matches, Afghanistan wears
cricket whites
. Fielders wear a baggy red
cap
or red sun hat displaying the ACB logo.
In limited-overs cricket, Afghanistan wears a predominantly blue kit with splashes of green, red, black, and, occasionally, yellow. Grey
[98]
was previously used as the main color between 2012-2013. Fielders wear a blue baseball-style cap
[99]
or red sun hat.
For both Test and limited-overs kits, the ACB logo is featured on the left breast, with the main sponsor logo in the center of the shirt. The secondary sponsor is displayed on the leading sleeve and back of the shirt, with the manufacturer's logo on the non-leading sleeve. For ICC tournaments, the main sponsor logo moves to the leading sleeve.
Previously also red, batters' helmets are blue as of late February 2024,
[100]
with the Afghanistan
tricolor flag
displayed above the ACB logo.
The current sponsors are Etisalat
[101]
and Super Cola
[102]
(previously Monarch Mart and
Alokozay Group
); the kit manufacturer is
TYKA Sports
.
[103]
Current squad
This lists all the players who have played for Afghanistan in the past 12 months or was named in the most recent Test, ODI or T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed in
italics
.
Updated: 18 March 2024
Name
|
Age
|
Batting style
|
Bowling style
|
FC Team
[104]
|
List A Team
[105]
|
T20 Team
[106]
|
Forms
|
S/N
|
Captain
|
Last Test
|
Last ODI
|
Last T20I
|
Batters
|
Ibrahim Zadran
|
22
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium-fast
|
Mis Ainak
|
Hindukush Strikers
|
Mis Ainak
|
Test, ODI, T20I
|
18
|
T20I (VC)
|
2024
|
2024
|
2024
|
Hashmatullah Shahidi
|
29
|
Left-handed
|
Right-arm
off break
|
Band-e-Amir
|
Maiwand Defenders
|
Band-e-Amir
|
Test, ODI
|
50
|
Test, ODI (C)
|
2024
|
2024
|
2022
|
Rahmat Shah
|
30
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
leg break
|
Mis Ainak
|
Pamir Legends
|
Boost
|
Test, ODI
|
8
|
Test, ODI (VC)
|
2024
|
2024
|
2024
|
Nasir Jamal
|
30
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
leg break
|
Maiwand Champions
|
Band-e-Amir
|
Boost
|
Test
|
33
|
|
2024
|
2018
|
?
|
Noor Ali Zadran
|
35
|
Right-handed
|
?
|
Mah-e-Par Stars
|
Maiwand Defenders
|
|
Test
|
15
|
|
2024
|
2019
|
2023
|
Najibullah Zadran
|
31
|
Left-handed
|
Right-arm
off break
|
|
Hindukush Strikers
|
Boost
|
ODI, T20I
|
1
|
|
?
|
2023
|
2024
|
Abdul Malik
|
26
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
off break
|
Mah-e-Par Stars
|
Amo
|
Amo
|
Test
|
20
|
|
2023
|
?
|
?
|
Bahir Shah
|
24
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
off break
|
Hindukush Strikers
|
Speen-Ghar
|
Speen-Ghar
|
Test
|
86
|
|
2023
|
?
|
?
|
Hazratullah Zazai
|
26
|
Left-handed
|
?
|
|
Pamir Legends
|
Boost
|
T20I
|
3
|
|
?
|
2019
|
2024
|
Sediqullah Atal
|
22
|
Left-handed
|
?
|
Pamir Legends
|
Band-e-Amir
|
Band-e-Amir
|
T20I
|
26
|
|
?
|
?
|
2024
|
Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai
|
20
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium
|
Maiwand Champions
|
Amo
|
Amo
|
T20I
|
55
|
|
?
|
?
|
2024
|
Riaz Hassan
|
21
|
Right-handed
|
?
|
|
Pamir Legends
|
Band-e-Amir
|
ODI
|
76
|
|
?
|
2023
|
?
|
All-rounders
|
Karim Janat
|
25
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium
|
Band-e-Amir
|
Band-e-Amir
|
Band-e-Amir
|
Test, ODI, T20I
|
11
|
|
2024
|
2023
|
2024
|
Mohammad Nabi
|
39
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
off break
|
|
|
Kabul Eagles
|
ODI, T20I
|
7
|
|
2019
|
2024
|
2024
|
Azmatullah Omarzai
|
24
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium-fast
|
|
Maiwand Defenders
|
Kabul Eagles
|
ODI, T20I
|
9
|
|
?
|
2024
|
2024
|
Gulbadin Naib
|
33
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium-fast
|
|
Pamir Legends
|
Amo
|
ODI, T20I
|
14
|
|
?
|
2024
|
2024
|
Nangeyalia Kharote
|
20
|
Left-handed
|
Slow left-arm orthodox
|
Hindukush Strikers
|
Boost
|
Boost
|
ODI, T20I
|
12
|
|
?
|
2024
|
2024
|
Wicket-keepers
|
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
|
22
|
Right-handed
|
?
|
Kabul
|
Mis Ainak
|
Kabul Eagles
|
Test, ODI, T20I
|
21
|
|
2024
|
2024
|
2024
|
Ikram Alikhil
|
23
|
Left-handed
|
?
|
Band-e-Amir
|
Maiwand Defenders
|
Band-e-Amir
|
Test, ODI
|
46
|
|
2024
|
2024
|
?
|
Mohammad Ishaq
|
19
|
Right-handed
|
?
|
Mah-e-Par Stars
|
Boost
|
Amo
|
T20I
|
27
|
|
?
|
?
|
2024
|
Spin Bowlers
|
Zahir Khan
|
25
|
Left-handed
|
Left-arm
wrist spin
|
Maiwand Champions
|
Mis Ainak
|
Amo
|
Test
|
75
|
|
2024
|
2019
|
2023
|
Zia-ur-Rehman
|
26
|
Right-handed
|
Slow left-arm orthodox
|
Mah-e-Par Stars
|
Mis Ainak
|
Mis Ainak
|
Test
|
22
|
|
2024
|
2023
|
?
|
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
|
23
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
off break
|
|
Hindukush Stars
|
Hindukush Stars
|
ODI, T20I
|
88
|
|
2018
|
2023
|
2024
|
Qais Ahmad
|
23
|
Right-handed bat
|
Right-arm
leg break
|
|
Maiwand Defenders
|
Speen-Ghar
|
T20I
|
32
|
|
2024
|
2024
|
2024
|
Rashid Khan
|
25
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
leg break
|
|
|
Band-e-Amir Dragons
|
ODI, T20I
|
19
|
T20I (C)
|
2021
|
2023
|
2024
|
Noor Ahmad
|
19
|
Right-handed
|
Left-arm
wrist spin
|
|
Mis Ainak
|
Band-e-Amir Dragons
|
ODI, T20I
|
15
|
|
?
|
2024
|
2024
|
Allah Ghazanfar
|
16
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
off break
|
|
Junior Champions
|
Mis Ainak Knights
|
ODI
|
70
|
|
?
|
2024
|
?
|
Khalil Gurbaz
|
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
leg break
|
Pamir Legends
|
Mis Ainak
|
Mis Ainak
|
Test
|
|
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
Pace Bowlers
|
Nijat Masood
|
25
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium
|
Mah-e-Par Stars
|
Band-e-Amir
|
Band-e-Amir
|
Test
|
12
|
|
2024
|
?
|
2022
|
Fazalhaq Farooqi
|
23
|
Right-handed
|
Left-arm
fast-medium
|
|
Amo
|
Boost Defenders
|
ODI, T20I
|
5
|
|
?
|
2024
|
2024
|
Naveed Zadran
|
19
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium
|
Hindukush Strikers
|
Mis Ainak
|
Mis Ainak
|
Test, ODI
|
58
|
|
2024
|
2024
|
?
|
Fareed Ahmad
|
29
|
Left-handed
|
Left-arm
fast-medium
|
|
Pamir Legends
|
Speen-Ghar
|
ODI, T20I
|
56
|
|
?
|
2024
|
2024
|
Naveen-ul-Haq
|
24
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium-fast
|
|
|
Kabul Eagles
|
T20I
|
78
|
|
?
|
2023
|
2024
|
Wafadar Momand
|
24
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
medium
|
|
Band-e-Amir
|
Band-e-Amir
|
T20I
|
14
|
|
2019
|
?
|
2024
|
Ibrahim Abdulrahimzai
|
25
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
fast-medium
|
Hindukush Strikers
|
Speen-Ghar
|
Speen-Ghar
|
Test
|
|
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
Bilal Sami
|
21
|
Right-handed
|
Right-arm
fast
|
Maiwand Champions
|
Amo
|
Band-e-Amir
|
ODI
|
68
|
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
Coaching staff
Records
International match summary ? Afghanistan
[107]
[108]
[109]
Last updated 7 June 2024.
Playing record
|
Format
|
M
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
D/NR
|
Inaugural match
|
Tests
|
9
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
14 June 2018
|
One-Day Internationals
|
166
|
79
|
82
|
1
|
4
|
19 April 2009
|
Twenty20 Internationals
|
132
|
81
|
48
|
2
|
1
|
1 February 2010
|
Test matches
- Highest team total: 545/4 v.
Zimbabwe
, 11 March 2021 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium
[110]
- Lowest team total: 103 v. India, 14 June 2018 at Bangalore
[111]
Most Test runs for Afghanistan
[112]
|
Most Test wickets for Afghanistan
[113]
|
Highest Test scores for Afghanistan
[114]
Best Test bowling figures for Afghanistan
[115]
Test record versus other nations
One-Day Internationals
Most ODI runs for Afghanistan
[119]
|
Most ODI wickets for Afghanistan
[120]
|
Highest ODI scores for Afghanistan
[121]
Best ODI bowling figures for Afghanistan
[122]
ODI record versus other nations
Twenty20 Internationals
Most T20I runs for Afghanistan
[129]
|
Most T20I wickets for Afghanistan
[130]
|
T20I record versus other nations
Tournament history
ICC Cricket World Cup
- 2009
: Not eligible, not an ODI nation at time of tournament
[15]
- 2010
: Winners
[50]
- 2012
: Runners-up
- 2013
: Runners-up
- 2015
: 5th position
Asian Games record
[56]
|
Year
|
Round
|
Position
|
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
NR
|
2010
|
Silver Medal
|
2/9
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2014
|
Silver Medal
|
2/10
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2022
|
Silver Medal
|
2/14
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
Total
|
Silver Medal
|
2nd
|
9
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
Year
|
Round
|
Position
|
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
NR
|
2007
[36]
|
Joint champion with Oman
|
1/10
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2009
|
Champion
[46]
|
1/12
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2011
|
Champion
|
1/10
|
6
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2013
|
Champion
|
1/10
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2015
|
Did not participate
|
- 2014: 4th place
- 2017: Winners
Desert T20 Challenge
Middle East Cup
Honours
Others
See also
Notes
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1
For
Guyana
,
Jamaica
,
Trinidad and Tobago
,
Barbados
,
Antigua and Barbuda
,
Anguilla
,
Dominica
,
Grenada
,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
,
Montserrat
,
Nevis
,
Saint Kitts
,
Saint Lucia
,
Sint Maarten
, the
British Virgin Islands
and the
United States Virgin Islands
the national team is the West Indies.
2
For
England and Wales
, the national team is England.
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For the
Republic of Ireland
and
Northern Ireland
, the national team is Ireland.
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