Afghanistan national cricket team
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| ICC membership granted | 2001 |
| ICC member status | Affiliate member |
| ICC development region | Asia |
| Captain | Rais Ahmadzai |
| World Cricket League division | Five |
| ACC Trophy division | Champions |
| First recorded match | 15 October 2001 v Nowshehra at Gymkhana Ground, Peshawar, Pakistan |
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The Afghan cricket team is a national cricket team representing Afghanistan. They have been an Affiliate Member of the ICC since 2001, and an Associate Member of the Asian Cricket Council since 2003.
Originally the Taliban regime in Afghanistan had banned cricket as they had banned most other sports, but in early 2000 there was a change of heart and the government wrote to the Pakistan Cricket Board asking for the PCB's support for an Afghan application to the ICC.
In 2001, the Afghan side took part in a four-match tour of Pakistan, visiting Peshawar and Rawalpindi, and the team also visited in 2003 and 2004. In 2004 Afghanistan played in the ACC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur - the regional qualifying competition for the ICC Trophy - and performed respectably, with the highlight being a surprise win over hosts Malaysia. They finished sixth in that tournament, only just missing out on progression along the qualifying path for the 2007 World Cup by one place.
In 2006 Afghanistan hosted an MCC team led by former England captain Mike Gatting in a 40-over contest, and the Afghans won by 171 runs with Gatting being dismissed for nought.
Later in the year they competed in the ACC Trophy for the second time, and finished in third place, gaining a spot in Division Five of the ICC World Cricket League, which forms part of the qualification pathway to the 2011 World Cup.
[edit] References
- ^ Gatting falls for a duck against Afghanistan from Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 March 2006.
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