Afghanistan national cricket team
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| ICC membership granted | 2001 |
| ICC member status | Affiliate member |
| ICC development region | Asia |
| Captain | Nowroz Mangal |
| World Cricket League division | Four |
| ACC Trophy division | Champions |
| First recorded match | 15 October 2001 v Nowshehra at Gymkhana Ground, Peshawar, Pakistan |
| 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.
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[edit] History
Cricket was previously little known in Afghanistan, until civil war drove many Afghans as refugees into Pakistan, where they found the game of cricket common as a leftover from the British Raj; those refugees returning brought it back to Afghanistan. [1] 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.
Later in 2006 the team competed in the ACC Trophy for the second time and finished in third place, thereby gaining entry to Division Five of the ICC World Cricket League which forms part of the qualification pathway to the 2011 World Cup. In May 2008, Afghanistan reached the final of the Division Five competition to qualify for Division Four. In the final, Afghanistan defeated Jersey, the host nation.
[edit] Tournament History
[edit] ACC Trophy Elite 2008
The Afghanistan National Cricket team left the country on 23 July to participate in ACC Trophy Elite 2008. The ACC Trophy started on 25 July and ended on 03 August 2008. The ACC Trophy is the premier tournament in the Asia development region. The finalists of the ACC Trophy Elite qualify for the immediately succeeding Asia Cup where they take on Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in ODIs.
The participating nations were divided into two Groups as follows:
- Group A: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Malaysia, KSA, UAE
- Group B: Hong Kong, Nepal, Singapore, Qatar, Kuwait
Schedule of Afghanistan Matches is as follows:
Match 1
| 26 July 2008 | ||||
| Afghanistan 214/10 (48.1 overs) |
v |  United Arab Emirates217/7 (46 overs) |
United Arab Emirates won by 3 Wkts Bayuemas Oval, Malaysia Umpires: PDushantha Ekanayaka and Sarika Prasad). |
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| Nowroz Mangal 55 (67) Karim Sadiq 3/33 (10) |
Arshad Ali 68 (127) Riaz Khaliq 3/27 (8.2) |
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Match 2
| 27 July 2008 | ||||
| Afghanistan 264/9 (50 overs) |
v |  Malaysia197/10 (46.3 overs) |
Afghanistan won by 66 Runs Selangor Turf, Malaysia Umpires: SS Hazare (Ind) and SH Sarathkumara (Srilanka). |
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| Karim Khan 81 (73) Nowroz Mangal 5/24 (5.3) |
M Krishnamurthi 34 (62) DM Sockalingham 4/49 (10) |
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Match 3
| 29 July 2008 | ||||
Saudi Arabia  172/10 (48.2 overs) |
v | Afghanistan 175/4 (25.3 overs) |
Afghanistan won by 6 Wkts Kinrara Oval, Malaysia Umpires: SJ Phadkar (Ind) and BB Pradhan (Nepal). |
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| Abid Naseem 67 (100) Ijaz Sagheer 1/27 (5) |
Noor Ali 70 (49) Mohammad Nabi 5/30 (8.2) |
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Match 4
| 30 July 2008 | ||||
| Afghanistan 293/9 (50 overs) |
v |  Bahrain286/9 (50 overs) |
Afghanistan won by 7 Runs Bayuemas Oval, Malaysia Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nepal) and Anisur Rehman (Pakistan). |
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| Asghar Stanikzai 102 (110) Dawlat Ahmadzai 3/39 (8) |
Ashraf Mughal 81 (81) Halal Abbasi 2/25 (7) |
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Semi-final
| 01 August 2008 | ||||
Hong Kong  154/9 (50 overs) |
v | Afghanistan 129/10 (43.4 overs) |
Hong Kong won Semi-final |
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3rd & 4th place play-off
| 02 August 2008 | ||||
Nepal  210/8 (50 overs) |
v | Afghanistan 213/7 (48.2 overs) |
Afghanistan won by 3 wickets |
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[edit] Tour to USA: Compton Cricket Club vs Afghanistan national cricket team Sep 2008
A match with the Afghanistan national cricket team had been organised for June 7th. 2008[2]. Unfortunately the match has had to be postponed due to lack of funding for the National Cricket team from Afghanistan to fly from their home camp to Los Angeles for the historical match.
The 2 club are working towards another match sometime around SEPTEMBER 2008.
This will be the first time that a cricket team from Afghanistan has toured to America. The match will help raise money for an orphanage rebuilt by US marines in Afghanistan and continue the CCC's vital work around the world promoting greater peace through 'cricket diplomacy.
[edit] 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five Champions
Afghanistan overcame Jersey and win a dramatic ICC World Cricket League Division 5 (WCL Div. 5) final in Jersey on 31 May. In a low-scoring match at the Grainville Jersey, Afghanistan completed the target of 81 runs with two wickets to spare. Afghanistan and Jersey join Hong Kong, Fiji, Tanzania and Italy in the six-team ICC WCL Div. 4 set for the Tanzanian capital of Dar Es Salaam from 4 to 11 October. In turn, the top two teams from that tournament will progress to WCL Div. 3 in Argentina next January and hope to finish in the top two to qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2009 in the UAE, which incorporates Divisions 1 and 2. The top four Associate or Affiliate teams from the ICC World Cup Qualifier will book their places at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 to be staged in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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| 23 May 2008 | ||||
| Afghanistan 179/10 (35.4 overs) |
v |  Japan87/10 (40.2 overs) |
Afghanistan won by 92 runs Victoria College, Jersey, England Umpires: PK Baldwin (GER) and Sanjeev Kad (Finland). |
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| Karim Khan 47 (46) Hasti Gul 3/22 (10) |
NA Miyaji 19 (54) T Hagihara 5/25 (7.4) |
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| 24 May 2008 | ||||
| Afghanistan 105/5 (24.2 overs) |
v |  Bahamas0/0 (0 overs) |
Match abandoned Les Quennevais 1, Jersey, England Umpires: L Goldsmith (GER) and C McElwee (Ireland). |
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| Asghar Stanakzai 27 (40) ( - ) 0/0 (0) |
( - ) 0 (0) ML Ford 3/35 (9.2) |
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| 25 May 2008 | ||||
| Bahamas 46/10 (24 overs) |
v | Afghanistan 49/5 (6.3 overs) |
Afghanistan won by 5 wickets Les Quennevais 1, Jersey, England Umpires: L Goldsmith (GER) and C McElwee (Ireland). |
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| JB Barry 8 (39) ML Ford 3/5 (2) |
Nowroz Mangel 18 (10) Gulbadin Naib 5/7 (4) |
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| 26 May 2008 | ||||
Botswana  128/10 (34.4 overs) |
v | Afghanistan 129/3 (19.5 overs) |
Afghanistan won by 7 wickets Les Quennevais 2, Jersey, England Umpires: CG McAllister (Ireland) and B Hartong (Netherlands). |
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| S Muhiyuddin 36 (77) JWN Moses 1/12 (1.5) |
Karim Khan 62 (71) Mohammad Nabi 4/20 (5.4) |
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| 27 May 2008 | ||||
Singapore  145/10 (29.3 overs) |
v | Afghanistan 76/10 (20.2 overs) |
Singapore won by 69 runs FB Fields, Jersey, England Umpires: J Mountford (Guersney) and BD Papworth (Scotland). |
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| CR Kumarage 32 (45) C Janik 5/9 (3.2) |
Mohammad Nabi 24 (24) Mohammad Nabi 3/23 (4) |
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| 28 May 2008 | ||||
| Afghanistan 0/0 (0 overs) |
v |  Jersey0/0 (0 overs) |
No play due to persistent rain Grainville, Jersey, England |
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Semi-Final (Jersey defeated USA)
| 30 May 2008 | ||||
| Afghanistan 142/10 (49.3 overs) |
v | Nepal 105/10 (45.5 overs) |
Afghanistan won by 37 runs Grainville, Jersey, England Umpires: BD Papworth (Scotland) and T Magee (Ireland). |
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| Mohammad Nabi 48 (64) Dawlat Ahmadzai 3/18 (10) |
M Alam 17 (37) B Regmi 3/30 (8.3) |
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Final
| 31 May 2008 | ||||
| Jersey 80/10 (39.5 overs) |
v | Afghanistan 81/8 (37.4 overs) |
Afghanistan won the final by 2 wickets Grainville, Jersey, England Umpires: PK Baldwin (Germany) and M Hawthorne (Ireland). |
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| JM Gough 23 (56) RC Driver 4/26 (10) |
Hasti Gul 29 (40) Hameed Hasan 4/27 (9.5) |
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[edit] ACC
- ACC Trophy
- 2004: Sixth Place
- 2006: Third Place
- 2008: Third Place
- ACC U-15 Cup
- 2005: Finalists
- ACC U-19 Elite Cup
- 2007: Finalists
- ACC Twenty20 Cup
- 2007: Winner
[edit] Middle East Cup
2006: Finalists
[edit] Match with MCC
2006: Defeated MCC team led by former England captain Mike Gatting
[edit] Tour of England
- June 11, 2006: Afghanistan Vs Hoddesdon (Afghanistan won by 57 runs)
- June 14, 2006: Afghanistan Vs Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (Afghanistan won by 7 wickets)
- June 15, 2006: Afghanistan Vs Glamorgan 2nd XI (Afghanistan won by 2 wickets)
- June 19, 2006: Afghanistan Vs Loughborough UCCE (Afghanistan lost by 1 wicket)
- June 20, 2006: Afghanistan Vs Essex (Afghanistan won by 1 wicket)
- June 21, 2006: Afghanistan Vs Leicestershire 2nd XI (Afghanistan won by 6 runs)
- June 22, 2006: Afghanistan Vs Ditchling CC (Afghanistan won by 96 runs)
[edit] Best Performance
| Best Partnership | Nowroz Mangel & Karim Sadiq | Afghanistan Vs Malaysia |
171 | ACC Trophy 2004 |
| Best Bating | Mohammad Asghar Stanikzai | Afghanistan Vs Hoddesdon Cricket Club |
150(r) / 79(b) 4s (12) 6s (12) | Afghanistan Tour of England |
| Best Bowling | Gulbadin Naib | Afghanistan Vs Botswana |
5(w) / 7 (r) / 4 (o) Hat-trick | ICC World Cricket Div 5 |
| Best Match | Afghanistan Vs MCC |
356 for 7 / 40 overs | Mumbai, India |
[edit] Afghan Cricket Squad
[edit] References
- ^ BBC TV news
- ^ http://www.comptoncricketclub.org/index.php?PID=afghan Compton Cricket Club - The Afghan Games
- ^ Gatting falls for a duck against Afghanistan from Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 March 2006.
- European Cricket Council
[edit] External links
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