Afghan star cricketer Mohammad Nabi has been ranked No.1 all-rounder in the ICC One Day International (ODI) ranking replacing Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan, the world cricket body said on Wednesday. Cricinfo reported that Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi replaced Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh as the No.1 ranked all-rounder in the ICC rankings, on Wednesday. Prior to this, Shakib had More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has appointed Nicholas Trevor Lee as the national team’s new strength and conditioning trainer. Hailing from England, Lee is set to join the team on February 23, ahead of Afghanistan’s all-format home series in March against Ireland. ACB wrote on its X handle the 40-year-old was a former right-hand batsman More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has named a 16-member squad for the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka. Rashid Khan, Afghanistan’s T20 skipper and ace spinner who is recuperating from a lower-back surgery, will miss the series. Ibrahim Zadran, who led Afghanistan in the previous two T20I series in UAE and India, is set to More
Sri Lanka have trounced Afghanistan in the second One-Day International by 155 runs and lead the series 2-0 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. The hosts opting to bat first set a massive target of 309 runs for the visitors Azmatullah Omarzai was the pick of Afghan bowlers, finishing with three wickets. In reply, Afghanistan More
Australia dominated in all three departments of the field to defeat India by 79 runs in the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 final in Benoni, South Africa. Australian captain Hugh Weibgen wins the toss and elected to bat first in Benoni. Charlie Anderson came in for Tom Campbell for Australia. India were unchanged. More
Afghan athlete Khushal Sadat has won a silver medal in an international marathon contest in Iraq, the Afghanistan Athletics Federation (AAF) said on Saturday. AAF wrote on its Facebook page that Khushal Sadat won the silver medal in the second group of the third round. It said the competition was held in Baghdad, the capital More
Sri Lanka have trounced Afghanistan by 42 runs in the opener of their three match One-Day International (ODI) series at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Afghanistan won the toss and invited the hosts to bat. Pathum Nissanka’s record double century helped Sri Lanka post a massive total of 381 runs for the loss of three wickets. More
Two Afghan players Mohsin Rezaee and Hikmatullah Zain have won bronze medals in the ongoing 11th Al Fujairah Open Taekwondo Championship 2024 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Afghanistan National Taekwondo Federation (ANTF) said on Monday. ANTF coach Bashir Tarakai told that Afghan athlete Hikmatullah Zain clinched the bronze medal by defeating his three More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has named a 16-member squad, excluding veteran leggie Rashid Khan, for the maiden one-off Test against Sri Lanka. The ace spinner, recuperating from a lower-back surgery, will miss the Test match, beginning from February 2 at the Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo. All-rounder Qais Ahmad has been included More
Afghanistan’s Ashihara Karate team has won the second place by winning 18 medals in the Aura Asia World Championships in Iran. A dozen countries participated in the fourth round of the Aura World Championship, which began in Tehran on January 23 and ended on Friday. Afghanistan Ashihara Karate Federation Secretary General Abdul Mateen Firdous told More
