Afghanistan national cricket team

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Afghanistan
Flag of Afghanistan
Flag of Afghanistan
ICC membership granted 2001
ICC member status Affiliate member
ICC development region Asia
Captain Nowroz Mangal
World Cricket League division Five
ACC Trophy division Champions
First recorded match 15 October 2001 v Nowshehra at Gymkhana Ground, Peshawar, Pakistan
World ranking 29th (equal with four other teams)
Regional non-test ranking 4th
As of 31 July 2007

The Afghan cricket team is a national cricket team representing Afghanistan. They have been an Affiliate Member of the ICC since 2001, and an Associate Member of the Asian Cricket Council since 2003.

Originally the Taliban regime in Afghanistan had banned cricket as they had banned most other sports, but in early 2000 there was a change of heart and the government wrote to the Pakistan Cricket Board asking for the PCB's support for an Afghan application to the ICC.

In 2001, the Afghan side took part in a four-match tour of Pakistan, visiting Peshawar and Rawalpindi, and the team also visited in 2003 and 2004. In 2004 Afghanistan played in the ACC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur - the regional qualifying competition for the ICC Trophy - and performed respectably, with the highlight being a surprise win over hosts Malaysia. They finished sixth in that tournament, only just missing out on progression along the qualifying path for the 2007 World Cup by one place.

In 2006 Afghanistan hosted an MCC team led by former England captain Mike Gatting in a 40-over contest, and the Afghans won by 171 runs with Gatting being dismissed for a duck.[1]

Later in the year they competed in the ACC Trophy for the second time, and finished in third place, gaining a spot in Division Five of the ICC World Cricket League, which forms part of the qualification pathway to the 2011 World Cup.


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