Afghanistan A cricket team
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| Association | Afghanistan Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Personnel | |
| Captain | Darwish Rasooli |
| Coach | Nawroz Mangal |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Home ground | Kabul International Cricket Stadium, Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Capacity | 6000 |
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.[1][2] In 2017, they played a five-match series against the Zimbabwe A cricket team in Zimbabwe.[3]
In July 2017, they were added to the South Africa A Team Tri-Series, after Australia A withdrew.[4][5] They toured Bangladesh in July 2019, playing two first-class and five 50-over matches against Bangladesh A.[6] 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.
Tournament History
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Afghanistan
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Semi-finals | |
ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
| ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR | ||
 2013 | Group Stage | 5/8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
 2017[7] | Semi-finals | 4/8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
  2018[8] | Group Stage | 6/8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019[9] | Semi-finals | 4/8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023[10] | Group Stage | 5/8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
 2024[11] | Champion | 1/8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
 2025 | Group Stage | 5/8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 Title | - | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
References
- ↑ Administrator. "Tajikistan Tours Afghanistan". asiancricket.org.
- ↑ "Matches played by Afghanistan A". Cricket Archive. 28 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe A prepares to host Afghanistan A". Wisden India. 23 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ↑ "Players withdraw from Australia A tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ "Afghans to replace Aussies in SA". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ "Afghanistan A in Bangladesh 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ↑ "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2017". Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ↑ "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2018". Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ↑ "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023". Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ↑ "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024". Retrieved 27 October 2024.