Afghanistan Cricket Team

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This will be the third recent instance of a Sri Lankan coach being hired by the foreign team. (Representational Image: AFP)

Afghanistan team to have Sri Lankan batting coach

Former Australian Fast bowler Shaun Tait has been appointed Afghanistan National team’s bowling coach with immediate effect

10 Aug 2021 4:14 PM

Former skipper Gulbadin Naib has threatened to 'expose' the Afghanistan cricket board officials saying that the cricketer will publicly name and shame the government, players and management if appropriate actions aren't taken. (Photo:AFP)

Gulbadin Naib threatens to 'expose' Afghanistan cricket board

In April 2019, ACB removed Asghar Afghan as captain just over a month before the World Cup.

12 Dec 2019 11:52 AM

Asghar Afghan was reappointed as Afghanistan captain just eight months after being controversially sacked as skipper, the war-torn country's cricket board announced. (Photo:AFP)

Asghar Afghan returns as Afghanistan captain eight months after sacking

The 31-year-old Afghan, was originally dumped in May, with senior players Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi publicly criticising the decision.

12 Dec 2019 11:28 AM

The 32-year-old Asghar Afghan has represented Afghanistan in 111 ODIs, 66 T20 Internationals and 4 Test matches. (Photo: PTI)

Asghar Afghan reappointed Afghanistan captain

The decision taken by the ACB's top management officials comes seven months after Asghar was stripped from captaincy across formats.

11 Dec 2019 5:33 PM

Rahkeem Cornwall took a match haul of 10 wickets as the West Indies bowled out Afghanistan for 120 on day three and reached their target of 31 to seal the win. (Photo: AFP)

West Indies crush Afghanistan just over two days as Rahkeem Cornwall takes 10 wickets

It was a reality check for Afghanistan, who were awarded Test status in 2017 and won their first games in the five-day format this year.

29 Nov 2019 12:28 PM

Shamarh Brooks scored his maiden Test century and played a knock of 111 runs. (Photo: AFP)

Afghanistan lead by 19-run after Day 2, Windies all out at 277 as Shamarh Brooks hits century

At the end of play on day two, Afghanistan were at 109/7.

28 Nov 2019 8:40 PM

Evin Lewis and Shimron Hetmyer were given LBW. The opener, Shai Hope, was then joined by Brandon King on the field. The duo formed a 64-run partnership before Rashid Khan bowled King (39). (Photo:AFP)

West Indies white-wash Afghanistan after securing 5-wicket victory in third ODI

West Indies defeated Afghanistan by five wickets in the third ODI. With this victory, they white-washed Afghans in the 3-match ODI series.

12 Nov 2019 10:20 AM

In fact, it was not the height problem for which Sher Khan was finding it difficult to get hotel-stay but hoteliers were 'suspicious' about his visa and passport documents. (Photo: PTI)

Afghan fan Sher Khan embarassed by Indian fans

Sher Khan was at the Ekana Cricket Stadium ground on Saturday where his country team lost the match against West Indies.

11 Nov 2019 1:48 PM

Nicholas Pooran scored highest runs for Windies as he played a knock of 67 runs before giving away his wicket to Naveen ul-Haq in the 50th over. (Photo:AFP)

All-round West Indies seal series 2-0, beat Afghanistan by 47 runs

West Indies won the second ODI of the three-match series by 47 runs against Afghanistan. With this win, they won the 3-match series by 2-0.

10 Nov 2019 11:47 AM

Roston Chase displayed an all-round performance to help West Indies defeat Afghanistan by seven wickets on Wednesday in the first ODI of the three-match series here at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. (Photo:PTI)

Roston Chase's all-round performance helps West Indies defeat Afghanistan

Chase scored 94 runs with the bat while he picked up two wickets with the ball in his hand.

07 Nov 2019 8:59 AM

Klusener, who is a Level 4 certified coach, has earlier worked as a bowling coach for Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Mumbai Indians. (Photo: PTI)

Ex-South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener appointed as Afghanistan head coach

Klusener will succeed Phil Simmons, whose tenure with the team came to an end.

28 Sep 2019 9:32 AM

Bangladesh got a hand on the trophy of a Twenty20 tournament involving more than two teams for the first time in their history. (Photo: AFP)

Bangladesh, Afghanistan become joint-winners after rain washes out play

Match officials declared the game abandoned at 9 pm local time (1500 GMT) as the rain showed no sign of stopping.

25 Sep 2019 11:50 AM

Shakib Al Hasan smacked an unbeaten half-century as Bangladesh ended their four-match losing streak to Afghanistan in Twenty20 internationals with a four-wicket win in their final league match of the tri-nation tournament in Chittagong on Saturday. (Photo:AFP)

Shakib Al Hasan's 70* helps Bangladesh to win comfortably by 4 wickets vs Afghanistan

Shakib hit an unbeaten 70 off 45 balls to guide Bangladesh to 139/6 in 19 overs.

22 Sep 2019 3:29 PM

Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi, who played his final Test match on Monday, said that it was a 'fitting end' to his Test career as his team registered a 224-run victory over Bangladesh. (Photo:AFP)

Mohammad Nabi says his Test career ended well after Afghanistan's win vs Bangladesh

Nabi took four wickets in his final longest-format match.

10 Sep 2019 9:11 AM

With four wickets in hand, the hosts were given 18.3 overs to survive after play resumed in the final session following a rain break but they succumbed with three overs to spare. (Photo: Twitter/ Afghanistan Cricket Board)

Afghanistan win their first Test match by thrashing Bangladesh by 224 runs in one-off Test

In only his country's third Test match, Rashid took three of the last four wickets to finish with a match haul of 11 wickets.

09 Sep 2019 5:46 PM

Chasing an improbable 398, Bangladesh still require 262 to win with skipper Shakib Al Hasan unbeaten on 39 alongside Soumya Sarkar who his yet to score. (Photo: ICC/Twitter)

Rain pauses Afghanistan's Test victory in Bangladesh

Having dominated in only their 3rd ever Test, Afghanistan cut the home side to 136 for 6 before rain forced an early close to the 4th day.

09 Sep 2019 11:53 AM

Chasing a target of 398 runs, Bangladesh openers built a 30-run partnership for the first wicket. (Photo: Twitter/ICC)

BAN vs AFG: Bangladesh need 262 runs to defeat Afghanistan on day five

Bangladesh were at 136/6 after the stumps were called early due to rains.

08 Sep 2019 7:00 PM

Talking about limited-overs cricket Nabi said he wants to be well-prepared for the ODIs and T20Is and maintain his fitness. (Photo: Twitter/Mohammed Nabi)

Mohammad Nabi to retire from longest format after one-off Test against Bangladesh

The 34-year-old has only played two Test matches for Afghanistan, in which he scored 25 runs and picked four wickets.

08 Sep 2019 5:40 PM

Zadran amassed 87 runs before he was scalped by Nayeem Hasan. Afghan became a victim of Taijul Islam after playing a knock of 50 runs. (Photo: Twitter/ Afghanistan Cricket Board)

Afghanistan leads by 374 runs over Bangladesh at end of day three

Afghanistan recovered from 4/2 and finished the day at the score of 237/8 as debutant Ibrahim Zadran made his maiden Test half-century.

07 Sep 2019 7:00 PM

Rahmat Shah laid down a solid foundation by smashing a century and stitched a 120-run stand along with Asghar Afghan to revive Afghanistan's hopes in the match. (Photo: ACB/Twitter)

Afghanistan posts 271/5 on day one against Bangladesh

After electing to bat first, Afghanistan lost wickets at regular intervals and were tottering at 77 for the loss of three wickets.

06 Sep 2019 11:03 AM

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