Afghanistan national cricket team - Revision history

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Coaching staff

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	\|~~Head coach~~\|\| [[~~Jonathan Trott~~]]		\|Director of cricket\|\| [[Raees Ahmadzai]]
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	\|~~Assistant~~ coach\|\| [[~~Ajay Jadeja~~]]		\|Head coach\|\| [[Jonathan Trott]]
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	\|Batting coach\|\| [[~~Rais Ahmadzai~~]]		\|Batting coach\|\| [[Andrew Puttick]]
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	\|Bowling coach\|\| [[Hamid Hassan]]<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Hamid Hassan appointed Afghanistan's bowling coach \|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/afghanistan-cricket-board-appoint-former-pacer-hamid-hassan-as-bowling-coach-1362373 \|access-date=2023-03-09 \|website=ESPNcricinfo \|language=en}}</ref>		\|Bowling coach\|\| [[Hamid Hassan]]
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	\|Fielding coach\|\| ~~Mirza Safi <ref>{{Cite web~~ \|~~title=Afghanistan to look for new head coach after Thorpe illness~~ \|~~url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/afghanistan-to-look-for-new-head-~~coach~~-after-graham-thorpe-illness-1323762~~ \|~~access-date=2022-07-09~~ \|~~website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>~~		\|Fielding coach\|\| Shane McDermott
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			\|Strength and Conditioning coach\|\| Jason Douglas

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	\| test_record_this_year = 0/1 (0 draws)		\| test_record_this_year = 0/1 (0 draws)
	\| first_odi = v. {{cr\|SCO}} at [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng\|Benoni]]; 19 April 2009		\| first_odi = v. {{cr\|SCO}} at [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng\|Benoni]]; 19 April 2009
	\| most_recent_odi = v. {{cr\|~~IND~~}} at [[~~Arun Jaitley Cricket~~ Stadium]], [[~~Delhi~~]]; ~~11 October~~ 2023		\| most_recent_odi = v. {{cr\|SA}} at [[Narendra Modi Stadium]], [[Ahmedabad]]; 10 November 2023
	\| num_odis = 154		\| num_odis = 154
	\| num_odis_this_year = 13		\| num_odis_this_year = 13

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	The '''Afghanistan men's national cricket team''' ({{lang-ps\|د افغانستان ~~کرکټ~~ ملي ~~لوب‌‌‌‌‌‌ډله~~}}, {{lang-fa\|تیم ملی کریکت افغانستان}}) represents [[Afghanistan]] in [[international cricket]]. Cricket has been played in Afghanistan since the mid-19th century, but it was only in the early 21st century that the national team began to enjoy success. The [[Afghanistan Cricket Board]] was formed in 1995 and became an affiliate member of the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC) in 2001<ref name="EWC">{{Cite book \|title=The Encyclopedia of World Cricket \|first=Roy \|last=Morgan \|location=Cheltenham \|quote=Afghanistan cricket team was started to play world cup in 2015\|publisher=SportsBooks \|year=2007 \|page=15 \|isbn=978-1-89980-751-2}}</ref> and a member of the cricket confederation, [[Asian Cricket Council]] (ACC) in 2003.<ref name="ACCP">{{cite web \|url=http://www.asiancricket.org/index.php/members/afghanistan \|title=Afghanistan \|website=[[Asian Cricket Council]] \|access-date=13 June 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184154/http://www.asiancricket.org/index.php/members/afghanistan \|archive-date=13 June 2018 \|url-status=live }}</ref> After nearly a decade of playing international cricket, on 22 June 2017, at an ICC meeting in [[London]], full ICC Membership (and therefore [[Test cricket#Test status\|Test status]]) was granted to Afghanistan. Alongside [[Ireland cricket team\|Ireland]], this took the number of [[Test cricket]] playing nations to twelve. It is the first country to ever achieve Full Member status after holding Affiliate Membership of the [[International Cricket Council\|ICC]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/1105347.html \|title=Afghanistan, Ireland get Test status \|website=[[ESPN CricInfo]] \|access-date=22 June 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701215358/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/1105347.html \|archive-date=1 July 2017 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2017/06/22/ireland-afghanistan-eligible-play-test-cricket-becoming-11th/ \|title=Ireland and Afghanistan granted Test status after becoming 11th and 12th full ICC members \|first=Nick \|last=Hoult \|date=22 June 2017 \|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] \|access-date=13 June 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615053816/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2017/06/22/ireland-afghanistan-eligible-play-test-cricket-becoming-11th/ \|archive-date=15 June 2018 \|url-status=live }}</ref>		The '''Afghanistan men's national cricket team''' ({{lang-ps\|{{Nastaliq\|د افغانستان د کريکټ ملي لوبډله}}}}, {{lang-fa\|{{Nastaliq\|تیم ملی کریکت افغانستان}}}}) represents [[Afghanistan]] in [[international cricket]]. Cricket has been played in Afghanistan since the mid-19th century, but it was only in the early 21st century that the national team began to enjoy success. The [[Afghanistan Cricket Board]] was formed in 1995 and became an affiliate member of the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC) in 2001<ref name="EWC">{{Cite book \|title=The Encyclopedia of World Cricket \|first=Roy \|last=Morgan \|location=Cheltenham \|quote=Afghanistan cricket team was started to play world cup in 2015\|publisher=SportsBooks \|year=2007 \|page=15 \|isbn=978-1-89980-751-2}}</ref> and a member of the cricket confederation, [[Asian Cricket Council]] (ACC) in 2003.<ref name="ACCP">{{cite web \|url=http://www.asiancricket.org/index.php/members/afghanistan \|title=Afghanistan \|website=[[Asian Cricket Council]] \|access-date=13 June 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184154/http://www.asiancricket.org/index.php/members/afghanistan \|archive-date=13 June 2018 \|url-status=live }}</ref> After nearly a decade of playing international cricket, on 22 June 2017, at an ICC meeting in [[London]], full ICC Membership (and therefore [[Test cricket#Test status\|Test status]]) was granted to Afghanistan. Alongside [[Ireland cricket team\|Ireland]], this took the number of [[Test cricket]] playing nations to twelve. It is the first country to ever achieve Full Member status after holding Affiliate Membership of the [[International Cricket Council\|ICC]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/1105347.html \|title=Afghanistan, Ireland get Test status \|website=[[ESPN CricInfo]] \|access-date=22 June 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701215358/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/1105347.html \|archive-date=1 July 2017 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2017/06/22/ireland-afghanistan-eligible-play-test-cricket-becoming-11th/ \|title=Ireland and Afghanistan granted Test status after becoming 11th and 12th full ICC members \|first=Nick \|last=Hoult \|date=22 June 2017 \|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] \|access-date=13 June 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615053816/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2017/06/22/ireland-afghanistan-eligible-play-test-cricket-becoming-11th/ \|archive-date=15 June 2018 \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	The team is ranked 10th in [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) cricket as of February 2023,<ref>{{cite web \|date=7 June 2018 \|title=Men's T20I Team Rankings \|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/mens/team-rankings/t20i \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106154218/http://www.icc-cricket.com/team-rankings/t20i \|archive-date=6 January 2017 \|access-date=13 June 2018 \|website=[[International Cricket Council]]}}</ref> and holds the world record for the highest ever T20I score, with their score of 278/3 [[Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2018–19\|against Ireland]] at [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun\|Dehradun]] on 23 February 2019.		The team is ranked 10th in [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) cricket as of February 2023,<ref>{{cite web \|date=7 June 2018 \|title=Men's T20I Team Rankings \|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/mens/team-rankings/t20i \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106154218/http://www.icc-cricket.com/team-rankings/t20i \|archive-date=6 January 2017 \|access-date=13 June 2018 \|website=[[International Cricket Council]]}}</ref> and holds the world record for the highest ever T20I score, with their score of 278/3 [[Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2018–19\|against Ireland]] at [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun\|Dehradun]] on 23 February 2019.

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103.60.175.15: /* Coaching staff */

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	==Coaching staff==		==Coaching staff==
	~~Head Coach: {~~{~~flagicon~~\|~~SA}} [[Lance Klusener]]<ref>{{cite news~~\|~~url~~=~~https~~:~~//www.icc~~-~~cricket.com/news/1359213~~\|~~title=Lance Klusener appointed head~~ coach ~~of Afghanistan~~\|~~date=27 September 2019~~\|~~work=~~[[~~International Cricket Council\|ICC~~]]\|~~access~~-~~date=12 August 2021}}</ref>~~		{\| class="wikitable"
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	Assistant ~~Coach: {{flagicon~~\|~~AFG}}~~ [[~~Nawroz Mangal~~]]~~<ref>{{cite news~~\|~~url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/afghanistan~~-~~cricket-board-to-cut-salaries-of-coaching-staff/story-RW4UaJYDqoxctULsl2jnzI.html~~\|~~title=Afghanistan Cricket Board to cut salaries of coaching staff~~\|~~work=~~[[~~Hindustan Times~~]]\|~~date=12 May 2020\|access~~-~~date=12 August 2021}}</ref>~~		! style="background:#0033EE; color:white; text-align:center; \| Name
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	~~Batting Coach: {{flagicon~~\|~~Sri Lanka}}~~[[~~Avishka Gunawardane~~]]<ref>{{Cite web~~\|date=2021-08-17~~\|title=~~Former Sri Lankan cricketer Avishka Gunawardene~~ appointed ~~as the batting~~ coach ~~of the Afghanistan cricket team~~\|url=https://www.~~crictracker~~.com/~~former-sri-lankan-cricketer-avishka-gunawardene-appointed-as-the-batting-coach-of-the-~~afghanistan-cricket-~~team/\|access~~-~~date=2021~~-08-17\|website=CricTracker\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Akash\|date=2021-08-17\|title=Afghanistan Cricket Board appoints Avishka Gunawardene as batting coach\|url=https://www.insidesport.co/afghanistan-~~cricket~~-~~board~~-~~appoints-avishka-gunawardene~~-as-~~batting~~-coach/\|access-date=~~2021~~-08-17\|website=~~InsideSport~~\|language=en~~-gb~~}}</ref>		\|Head coach\|\| [[Jonathan Trott]]
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	Fielding ~~Coach: {{flagicon~~\|~~Ireland}} [[John Mooney (cricketer)~~\|~~John Mooney]]~~<ref>{{~~cite~~ web~~\|url=https://www.the42.ie/john-mooney-ireland-afghanistan-cricket-world-cup-3929331-Mar2018/~~\|title=~~'I was fully convinced in my~~ head ~~that it was just a job and it would be okay. That was naive'\|website=the42.ie\|date=30 March 2018\|access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>~~		\|Assistant coach\|\| [[Ajay Jadeja]]
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	~~Bowling~~ coach~~: {{flagicon\|AUS}} [[Shaun Tait]]<ref>{{cite news~~\|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/~~shaun~~-~~tait~~-~~appointed~~-~~afghanistan~~-s-~~bowling~~-coach-~~1272683\|title=Shaun Tait appointed Afghanistan's bowling coach~~\|date=~~9 August 2021~~\|~~work~~=[[ESPNcricinfo~~]]\|access-date=12 August 2021~~}}</ref>		\|Batting coach\|\| [[Rais Ahmadzai]]
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			\|Bowling coach\|\| [[Hamid Hassan]]<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Hamid Hassan appointed Afghanistan's bowling coach \|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/afghanistan-cricket-board-appoint-former-pacer-hamid-hassan-as-bowling-coach-1362373 \|access-date=2023-03-09 \|website=ESPNcricinfo \|language=en}}</ref>
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			\|Fielding coach\|\| Mirza Safi <ref>{{Cite web \|title=Afghanistan to look for new head coach after Thorpe illness \|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/afghanistan-to-look-for-new-head-coach-after-graham-thorpe-illness-1323762 \|access-date=2022-07-09 \|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
			\|}

	==Records==		==Records==

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	==Grounds==		==Grounds==
	Afghanistan do not play their home matches in Afghanistan due to the [[Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)\|ongoing security situation]] and the lack of international standard facilities. Afghanistan played their 'home' [[2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup\|Intercontinental Cup]] fixture against Ireland at the [[Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium]] in [[Sri Lanka]]. Following Afghanistan's World Twenty20 qualifying campaign they played two One Day Internationals against Canada at the [[Sharjah Cricket ~~Association~~ Stadium]] in the [[United Arab Emirates\|UAE]], after which the stadium was named the 'home' ground of Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.asiancricket.org/index.php/news/february-2010/1582 \|title=Afghanistan Has A New Home Ground \|date=22 February 2010 \|website=Asian Cricket Council \|access-date=13 July 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610015835/http://www.asiancricket.org/index.php/news/february-2010/1582 \|archive-date=10 June 2016 \|url-status=live }}</ref>		Afghanistan do not play their home matches in Afghanistan due to the [[Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)\|ongoing security situation]] and the lack of international standard facilities. Afghanistan played their 'home' [[2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup\|Intercontinental Cup]] fixture against Ireland at the [[Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium]] in [[Sri Lanka]]. Following Afghanistan's World Twenty20 qualifying campaign they played two One Day Internationals against Canada at the [[Sharjah Cricket Stadium]] in the [[United Arab Emirates\|UAE]], after which the stadium was named the 'home' ground of Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.asiancricket.org/index.php/news/february-2010/1582 \|title=Afghanistan Has A New Home Ground \|date=22 February 2010 \|website=Asian Cricket Council \|access-date=13 July 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610015835/http://www.asiancricket.org/index.php/news/february-2010/1582 \|archive-date=10 June 2016 \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	As plans to resurrect Afghan cricket at least three international standard cricket stadiums have been built in Afghanistan. In 2016, [[~~Shahid~~ Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex]] in [[Greater Noida]] became the home ground for the Afghanistan national cricket team after they decided to shift their home ground from [[Sharjah]].<ref name="AfgHome">{{cite web \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/afghanistan/content/story/950961.html \|title=India to host Afghanistan home games \|date=10 December 2015 \|website=ESPN Cricinfo \|access-date=11 December 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213024328/http://www.espncricinfo.com/afghanistan/content/story/950961.html \|archive-date=13 December 2015 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/soon-a-noida-home-for-afghan-cricketers/article7937869.ece \|title=Soon a Noida home for Afghan cricketers \|first=Vijay \|last=Lokapally \|date=2 December 2015 \|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] \|access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url-access=subscription \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/11121_f.html \|title=First-Class Matches played on Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida (1) \|website=CricketArchive \|access-date=22 February 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211061403/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/11121_f.html \|archive-date=11 December 2015 \|url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2018, after acquiring test status, Afghanistan changed their home base to [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun\|Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium]], [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cricket-diplomacy-doon-to-be-afghanistan-teams-new-home/articleshow/64580503.cms \|title=Cricket diplomacy: Doon to be Afghanistan team's new home\|date=14 June 2018 \|website=Times of India \|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> In May 2019, [[Afghanistan Cricket Board]] requested [[Board of Control for Cricket in India\|BCCI]] for a new home stadium.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/afghanistan-cricket-board-bcci-dehradun-test-match-west-indies-greater-noida-cricket-australia/article27149721.ece \|title=ACB asks BCCI for new base with better logistics\|date=16 May 2019 \|website=Sportstar (The Hindu) \|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> In August 2019, BCCI approved [[BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium]] in [[Lucknow]] as new home stadium for the team.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/coa-approve-lucknow-as-new-home-ground-for-afghanistan-2263307.html \|title=ACB asks BCCI for new base with better logistics\|date=8 August 2019 \|website=CricketNext (News18) \|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref>		As plans to resurrect Afghan cricket at least three international standard cricket stadiums have been built in Afghanistan. In 2016, [[Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex]] in [[Greater Noida]] became the home ground for the Afghanistan national cricket team after they decided to shift their home ground from [[Sharjah]].<ref name="AfgHome">{{cite web \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/afghanistan/content/story/950961.html \|title=India to host Afghanistan home games \|date=10 December 2015 \|website=ESPN Cricinfo \|access-date=11 December 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213024328/http://www.espncricinfo.com/afghanistan/content/story/950961.html \|archive-date=13 December 2015 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/soon-a-noida-home-for-afghan-cricketers/article7937869.ece \|title=Soon a Noida home for Afghan cricketers \|first=Vijay \|last=Lokapally \|date=2 December 2015 \|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] \|access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url-access=subscription \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/11121_f.html \|title=First-Class Matches played on Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida (1) \|website=CricketArchive \|access-date=22 February 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211061403/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/11121_f.html \|archive-date=11 December 2015 \|url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2018, after acquiring test status, Afghanistan changed their home base to [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun\|Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium]], [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cricket-diplomacy-doon-to-be-afghanistan-teams-new-home/articleshow/64580503.cms \|title=Cricket diplomacy: Doon to be Afghanistan team's new home\|date=14 June 2018 \|website=Times of India \|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> In May 2019, [[Afghanistan Cricket Board]] requested [[Board of Control for Cricket in India\|BCCI]] for a new home stadium.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/afghanistan-cricket-board-bcci-dehradun-test-match-west-indies-greater-noida-cricket-australia/article27149721.ece \|title=ACB asks BCCI for new base with better logistics\|date=16 May 2019 \|website=Sportstar (The Hindu) \|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> In August 2019, BCCI approved [[BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium]] in [[Lucknow]] as new home stadium for the team.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/coa-approve-lucknow-as-new-home-ground-for-afghanistan-2263307.html \|title=ACB asks BCCI for new base with better logistics\|date=8 August 2019 \|website=CricketNext (News18) \|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref>

	The following are the main cricket stadiums in Afghanistan:		The following are the main cricket stadiums in Afghanistan: