The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has approved a new policy limiting top national players to a maximum of three franchise foreign leagues per year. The move, announced following the board’s annual general meeting in Kabul on Wednesday, also mandates players’ availability for a rebooted domestic competition. Read More: 24 foreign and 66 local players selected for inaugural Pakistan ACB […]
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Afghanistan Pulls Out of Pakistan T20 Series After Deadly Strike, Cricket Board Says
ISLAMABAD — The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said late Friday it will not play in a T20 tri-nation series in Pakistan after reporting that three cricketers and five other people were killed in a strike in Paktika province. The ACB named the players as Kabeer, Sibghatullah and Haroon. The board said the players had gone […]
Australia to host Afghanistan in historic cricket Test
Sydney: Australia’s cricketers will play their first-ever Test match against Afghanistan in Hobart later this year ahead of hosting the Ashes against England, officials announced Thursday. “We are also incredibly excited to welcome Afghanistan to our shores for a historic first Test match against Australia,” said Cricket Australia’s interim CEO Nick Hockley. The five-day match […]
Gulbadin Naib made Afghanistan ODI captain ahead of World Cup
Afghanistan replaced long-serving one-day international captain Asghar Afghan with Gulbadin Naib on Friday, less than two months before this year’s 50-over World Cup in England and Wales. Afghan, 31, took over the team’s captaincy in 2015 after Mohammad Nabi had stepped down following the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Under his leadership, the […]