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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>