The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has appointed Australian Shane McDermott as the national team’s new fielding coach. McDermott is set to join the Afghanistan national team from February 1, during national squad all-format tour to Sri Lanka, ACB said in a statement. Shane McDermott is a high performance level three coaching certificate holder and carries More
Volleyball Canada has appointed senior Vice President of Afghanistan Volleyball Federation and former head coach of the national team, Mohammad Yusuf Sadiq, as its technical program coordinator. Afghanistan Volleyball Federation Secretary General Mohammad Naseer Noori told Pajhwok Sadiq has been appointed as coordinator of the technical program of the Volleyball Canada. The Volleyball Federation also More
India have outplayed Afghanistan in second super over by 10 runs in the final match of the T20 series at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The hosts won the toss and elected to bat first, posting 212 for the loss of four wickets. The India skipper became the first batsman to hit five T20 International tons More
Afghanistan’s wheelchair basketball team registered its fourth victory in a row in the Asia and Oceania championship by defeating the United Arab Emirates. Afghanistan Wheelchair Basketball Federation wrote on its Facebook page on Tuesday the Afghan team defeated the UAE 57-51 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Afghan team had previously defeated New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and More
Afghanistan’s wheelchair basketball team also defeated the Philippines in the Asia and Oceania championship being played in Bangkok, Thailand. Afghanistan Wheelchair Basketball Federation wrote on its Facebook page on Monday that the Afghan team defeated the Philippines 78-48. The Afghan team had previously defeated New Zealand and Saudi Arabia. Afghanistan is placed in group with More
India have thrashed Afghanistan by six wickets in the second T20 International in Indore to clinch the three-match series. Put in to bat, Afghanistan set India a target of 172 with Arshdeep Singh picking up four wickets, according to Mint. Left-arm spinner Axar Patel led the charge with figures of 2-17 to help his side More
Afghanistan T20 skipper and spin master Rashid Khan, recuperating from the lower-back surgery, has been ruled out of the series against India, media reports said on Thursday. Indian’s star batter Virat Kohli will also miss the opener of the three-match T20 series against Afghanistan on Thursday for personal reasons, coach Rahul Dravid said. ESPN cricinfo More
Afghanistan will play their first match against India tomorrow as part of a three-match twenty/20 series. Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) wrote on its Facebook page that the national side will play its first T20 match against India tomorrow. The match will commence at 6:00pm Afghanistan time. ACB said the Afghan players played exercise games to More
Rohit Sharma will captain India the T20I series against Afghanistan, commencing this week in Mohali, The Times of India reported on Monday. Just like Rohit, veteran cricketer Virat Kohli has also returned to the Indian squad for the three-match series after a 14 months hiatus, according to the newspaper. With fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has appointed former South African batter Andrew George Puttick as the national team’s new batting coach and Gordon James Parsons as the U-19 side’s mentor. Andrew Puttick, South Africa’s left-handed opening batsman from made his FC debut in the 2000-01 season, scoring his maiden first-class century in his third game, More
