Led by Asghar Afghan, Afghanistan are coming off a series win over Ireland where their performance has spoken volumes of their continued rise in world cricket. Playing just their second Asia Cup, Afghanistan enter the tournaments as underdogs. Led by Asghar Afghan, they are coming off a series win over Ireland in a three-match series where their performance…

Afghanistan thumped hosts New Zealand by 202 runs to storm into the semifinals of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup here at Christchurch on Thursday. After opting to bat first, Afghanistan scored 309 runs. Later they bowled out New Zealand on 107 in just 28.1 overs to set up a semi-final clash against Australia. Openers…

Ireland and Afghanistan’s desire to play consistent Test cricket is on the verge of fulfillment as both countries are scheduled to play a combined total of 29 Tests in the next cycle of the Future Tours Programme (2019-23). Ireland will play 16 Tests while Afghanistan are scheduled to play 13, in a calendar which is…

India will host newly promoted Test side Afghanistan for their first-ever Test match, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Monday. The dates of the historic Test will be chalked out later, BCCI acting Secretary Amitabh Choudhary announced after a Special General Meeting. He said India will also host 81 matches across all…

Pakistan internationals Babar Azam, Umar Akmal and Kamran Akmal and the Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal were some of the high-profile cricketers bought by the six franchises in the Afghanistan T20 League’s auction, on Sunday (May 28). Gulbadin Naib, who was sold to Boost Defenders for USD 108,000, turned out to be the most expensive buy.…

Afghan bowler Rashid Khan is likely to play in Australia’s domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League as one of its team has shown interest in him. If taken, Rashid Khan would be first-ever Afghan cricketer to play in the league, which is sixth most attended sports league in the world. Skipper of Sydney Sixers, one of…

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has confirmed that Afghanistan will tour the Caribbean in June to play three One-Day Internationals and as many Twenty20 Internationals. The last time Afghanistan visited West Indies was during the 2010 World T20 tournament which was won by England when they defeated Australia. The only time these two teams met…

Abu Dhabi: Afghanistan, the top ranked team and the top favourites to win the eight-nation inaugural Desert T20 tournament being organised by Emirates Cricket Board, will aim to improve their ranking among T20 internationals teams through this tournament that commenced yesterday (Saturday) at the Abu Dhabi Zayed Cricket Stadium. Speaking to Gulf News, former Indian…

The Afghanistan Cricket Board is understood to have expressed a keenness to the ICC to apply for Full Member status, though is yet to formally apply, ESPNcricinfo has learned. The application is likely to be made in February and considered at the ICC meeting then, with Afghanistan currently preparing a comprehensive report to satisfy the…

Mohammad Shazad (44) and Najeeb Taraki (40) shared an enterprising half-century stand for the first wicket and the bowlers backed it up with tidy spells as Afghanistan overcame United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 44 runs in Dubai to clean sweep the three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series on Sunday (December 18). While chasing down a sizeable…