Afghanistan Cricket Team

The Afghanistan Cricket Board expressed their appreciation for Trott's contributions and wished him the best in his continued efforts to develop Afghanistan cricket on the global stage.

The 20-second advertisement from Star Sports features all participating teams, including India, which almost confirms the participation of the two-time champions in the 2024 edition of the tournament

A brief 15-minute meeting took place on Friday but was cut short after the members failed to reach a consensus

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is set to run from February 19 to March 9. The event will be hosted by Pakistan, however, India's refusal to visit the country led to delay in announcing the fixture

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has proposed a hybrid model, with India's matches being played in a third country. However, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has not agreed to this arr

Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi has announced that he will retire from One-Day Internationals after next year's Champions Trophy in Pakistan. After Afghanistan's 2-1 series win over Bangladesh here on Monday, the 39-year-old said he had been pondering about quitting the format since last year's ODI World Cup. "In my mind, from the last World Cup, I was retired. But then, we qualified for the Champions Trophy, and I felt if I could play that, it would be great," he told the official broadcaster after being adjudged the Player-of-the-Series. Nabi has featured in 167 ODIs since 2009, scoring 3,600 runs in 147 innings at an average of 27.48 and a strike rate of 86.99, including two centuries and 17 fifties, with a top score of 136. With the ball in hand, he has bagged 172 wickets in 161 innings at an average of 32.47 and an economy of 4.27, including four four-wicket hauls and a fifer (5/17). Afghanistan qualified for the Champions Trophy, thanks to their sixth-place finish duri

South Africa denied Afghanistan a series sweep with a seven-wicket win in the third and final cricket ODI. Aiden Markram's unbeaten 69 led South Africa to 170-3 with 17 overs to spare in the one-day international after Afghanistan collapsed for the first time in the series and was bowled out for 169 in 34 overs. Afghanistan won the series 2-1. An inexperienced South Africa was dismissed for 106 and 134 in the first two games, but Markram paced the chase well on yet another slow wicket at Sharjah Cricket Stadium with a gritty 67-ball innings. Feeling very happy with the series win, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi said. I would be more happy if we would have won this match." He called the three runouts of his team's batters "a big reason why we didn't finish on top. Afghanistan was missing its ace leg-spinner Rashid Khan because of a hamstring injury. Earlier, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who made a century in the last game, held the innings together by contributing 89 runs in 94 b

Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott stresses the importance of a fixed Test venue following match abandonment

The Afghanistan vs New Zealand Test became the first match in the 21st century to end without a single ball being bowled.

Afghanistan vs New Zealand one-off Test: Given the continued poor weather, officials did not delay in deciding there would be no play on Wednesday (September 11).

ACB said that Afghanistan had recently played a three-day game against a local team in Noida, which went smoothly, giving them confidence about hosting the Test.

On Day 2 of AFG vs NZ one-off Test, groundsmen used an innovative method to dry up a patch of the field. Earlier household iron was used to dry a damp patch on a patch in Guwahati in 2020

After six inspections (at 10 AM, 11:30 AM, 1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM and 4:30 PM), the match officials declared the outfield unsuitable for play.

The day 1 of the Afghanistan vs New Zealand Test has been called off due to wet outfield. The action will now resume on day 2.

Given the wet conditions at the Saheed Vijay Singh Pathik Stadium over the past weeks, it would be a major surprise if AFG vs NZ toss happens at 9:30 AM IST on Sept 9 even if rain gods stay away

Afghanistan cricket's poster boy Rashid Khan will not play the Test format in the near future to nurse his back after having undergone a surgery last year. A source in the Afghanistan Cricket Board told PTI that Rashid and the team management had decided mutually on his break from the longest format considering his back issues. Earlier this week, he was not named in the preliminary squad for the one-off Test against New Zealand in Greater Noida from September 9. Rashid was out of action for four months after undergoing a back surgery following the ODI World Cup in India in October-November. He was part of the more recent T20 Word Cup in the USA and Caribbean where he captained Afghanistan to the semifinals. The 25-year-old recently played three games in as many days in the Shpageeza T20 league in Kabul, taking six wickets in total. "The plan for Rashid after the surgery was to gradually increase his workload. Not playing the longer format for the next six months to one year was al

All-rounder Rashid Khan is a notable omission in Afghanistan's 20-member preliminary squad for the one-off Test against New Zealand, to be played in Greater Noida next month. Rashid's absence from the September 9-13 contest comes as a surprise as he has been Afghanistan's highest wicket-taker in the format, having taken 34 wickets in five Tests at an average of 22.35, including four fifers. He played his last Test for Afghanistan in 2021 against Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi, where he took 11 wickets. Besides, Rashid is also a handy batter and has a half-century to his name in Tests. The other notable omissions in the side, led by Hashmatullah Shahidi, are Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Karim Janat, though Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Gulbadin Naib and Azmatullah Omarzai have been included in the preliminary squad. The Afghanistan Cricket Board said the final 15-member squad will be announced at the end of a week-long preparatory camp in Greater Noida. The preliminary squad will arrive in India

Afghanistan will play its first-ever Test match against New Zealand on September 9 to 13 in Greater Noida, the country's cricket board announced on Saturday. New Zealand Test squad will then again be back in India within a month to play a three-Test series against Rohit Sharma's men, starting October in Bengaluru. The Greater Noida venue has been allocated for Afghanistan's home games, following a mutual agreement between Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). "The ACB confirms it will host the New Zealand National Cricket Team for a one-off Test Match from September 913 in Greater Noida, India. This historic event will mark Afghanistan's first Test match against the Blackcaps and the first-ever bilateral cricket series hosted by ACB involving New Zealand," the ACB said in a statement. The Blackcaps are set to arrive in Greater Noida on September 5 for a three-day conditioning camp ahead of the Test Match. Afghanistan will head to Del

With the dream of once again donning the Afghanistan jersey at the international level, 17 women cricketers from the country living in self-imposed exile in Australia have written to the ICC to help set up a team, which was disbanded after the Taliban takeover in 2021. While the Afghanistan men's team has set new benchmarks and recently made it to the T20 World Cup semifinals for the first time, the women players, who were contracted to the Afghanistan Cricket Board before the Taliban takeover, sought refuge in Australia, where they hope to set up a refugee team and play international cricket. In a letter written to the global governing body, the women cricketers praised the splendid performance of the men's team in the T20 World Cup but rued that they were not getting opportunities to flourish. "We, the formerly contracted players of the Afghanistan women's team, are proud and excited by the achievements of Afghanistan at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup and wish to congratulate Rashid

Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott has lambasted the pitch that was used for their T20 World Cup semifinal against South Africa here, asserting that it was unfit for a contest of such magnitude. The pitch, which offered lateral seam movement and inconsistent bounce, was a nightmare for batters as Afghanistan were bowled out for 56 - the lowest score in a T20 World Cup semifinal at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy stadium here. Even though South Africa chased down the target in 8.5 overs, their batters too struggled. "I don't want to get myself into trouble and I don't want to come across as bitter or it being a case of sour grapes but that's not the pitch that you want to have a match, a semi-final of a World Cup on, plain and simple," Trott said at the post-match press conference. The former England batter said the pitch took batting completely out of the game. "It should be a fair contest. I'm not saying it should be flat completely with no spin and no seam movement, I'm saying you