Afghanistan A cricket team
Second-tier national team
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Afghanistan A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Afghanistan. It is the 'second-tier' of international Afghan cricket, below the full Afghanistan national cricket team. Matches played by Afghanistan A are not considered to be One Day Internationals, instead receiving List A classification. Their first match was against the Tajikistan national cricket team in December 2013.[1][2] In 2017, they played a five-match series against the Zimbabwe A cricket team in Zimbabwe.[3]
.svg)
| |
| Association | Afghanistan Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Personnel | |
| Captain | Darwish Rasooli |
| Coach | Nawroz Mangal |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Home ground | Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Capacity | 6000 |
In July 2017, they were added to the South Africa A Team Tri-Series, after Australia A withdrew.[4][5] They toured Bangladesh in July 2019, playing two first-class and five 50-over matches against Bangladesh A.[6] In October 2024, the Afghanistan A team played in the ACC emerging team asia cup tournament where they won matches against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh A but lost against Honk Kong A. However they won against India A in the semi final by scoring the highest ever total in the tournament history of 206. 2024 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup final was played between Afghanistan A and Sri Lanka A Team on 27 October 2024 which Afghanistan A won and won their first title as such.
Tournament History
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Afghanistan
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Semi-finals | |
