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Second-tier national team

Afghanistan A
Personnel
CaptainDarwish Rasooli
CoachNawroz Mangal
Team information
Founded2013
Home groundKabul international cricket stadium, Kabul, Afghanistan
Capacity6000

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. In 2017, they played a five-match series against the Zimbabwe A cricket team in Zimbabwe.

In July 2017, they were added to the South Africa A Team Tri-Series, after Australia A withdrew. They toured Bangladesh in July 2019, playing two first-class and five 50-over matches against Bangladesh A. 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.

References

  1. Administrator. "Tajikistan Tours Afghanistan". asiancricket.org.
  2. "Matches played by Afghanistan A". Cricket Archive. 28 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. "Zimbabwe A prepares to host Afghanistan A". Wisden India. 23 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. "Players withdraw from Australia A tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. "Afghans to replace Aussies in SA". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  6. "Afghanistan A in Bangladesh 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 August 2019.


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