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Joining Gloucestershire a great honor: Qais Ahmad

Afghan cricketer Qais Ahmad has signed for Gloucestershire Cricket Club and will play for Gloucestershire’s Vitality Blast matches in 2020, according to a statement on Wednesday. The 19-year-old will play in all of Gloucestershire’s Vitality Blast matches in…

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Afghan, Pakistani U-19 squads to meet in Beijing

U-19 squads from Pakistan are set to play friendly matches in Beijing. A 12-member Pakistani team, captained by Mohammad Harris Khan, arrived in Beijing on Wednesday evening for friendly matches against the home and Afghanistan U-19. The Pakistanis,…

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Nabi’s 84 runs helps Afghanistan beat Bangladesh

Kabul record their 12th consecutive win in T20Is as they beat hosts Bangladesh by 25 runs at Dhaka’s Sher-e Bangla Stadium. Having won the toss, Afghan skipper Rashid Khan opted to bat first. After his amazing performance on debut, Rahmanullah…

Zadran’s half-century helps Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe

KABUL beat Zimbabwe by 28 runs in their first match of the tri-nation Twenty20 International tournament in Dhaka on Saturday. Zadran smashed an unbeaten 69 off 30 balls, with five fours and six sixes guiding Afghanistan to 197-5 before their…

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Afghanistan-Bangladesh Test to begin on Sept. 5

KABUL will arrive in Bangladesh on Aug. 30 for a two-day friendly ahead of the maiden Test match between the two sides. The one-off Test is scheduled to begin at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram from September 5.…

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Scripting history, England win ICC World Cup

KABUL Cup final at Lord’s.  As a result of the sensational win in the super over, the hosts became champions for the first time. At the very last ball, England reached 241 runs -- the exact total posted by the…

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Afghanistan concludes winless WC2019 campaign

KABUL Cup on Thursday. Batsman Shai Hope top-scored for the West Indies at Headingley with 77 while batsman Nicholas Pooran and captain Jason Holder stepped up the pace as they reached 311-6 in their 50 overs. Afghanistan mustered 288 all…

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Pakistan defeat Afghanistan in dramatic face-off

KABUL Cup dream alive. Afghanistan, after winning the toss, posted 227 runs for the loss of nine wickets, with top scorers Asghar Afghan and Najibullah Zadran contributing 42 off 35 and 51 balls respectively. Rahmat Shah scored 35 off 43…

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Shakib powers BD to easy win over Afghanistan

KABUL Cup 2019 league match in Southampton on Monday. With this loss, Afghanistan’s chances to advance to the last four diminished as the men in blue would end their campaign after playing the remaining two league matches. On the other…

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Indian skipper fined for aggressive appealing

KABUL at Southampton on Saturday. Kohli was found to have breached Article 2.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “Excessive appealing during an International Match”. According to the ESPN Cricinfo Saturday’s…

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India seal thrilling 11-run win against Afghanistan

KABUL Cup history in Southampton on Saturday in a thrilling 11-run defeat to India. Afghanistan lost the toss but restricted India to 224 for eight in their 50 overs, giving themselves a genuine chance for a huge upset. They were…

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Afghanistan’s World Cup campaign descends into chaos

KABUL Cup. Ahmadzi believes the coaching team is at fault and has blamed the coaching staff for the five successive defeats suffered by the team at the start of the competition, the latest of which came to England at Old…

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Tormented by Morgan, Afghan WC bid comes to grief

KABUL Cup 2019 campaign came to grief on Tuesday when they lost their fifth match in a row in Manchester. Tournament favourites and hosts England cruised to an emphatic 150-run win over the Afghans thanks to a blistering innings by…

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Skipper Naib, teammates miss Rashid’s servicess

Afghan skipper Gulbadin Naib laments missing the services of leggie Rashid Khan, who did not bowl a single delivery against New Zealand. The star spinner was struck by a nasty bouncer from quickie Lockie Ferguson in Saturday’s one-sided…

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Unbeaten Kiwis thrash winless Afghans in WC stroll

KABUL Cup contenders. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson’s 79 not out guided his side to the win over Afghanistan that maintained their 100 percent start to the World Cup on Saturday. Williamson was New Zealand's top scorer with a 99-ball…

Word Cup: Young Alikhel to replace unfit Shahzad

KABUL Cup and replaced by 18-year-old Ikram Alikhel in the team, organisers said on Thursday. Shahzad, 32, played in Afghanistan’s defeats by Australia and Sri Lanka and has represented his country in 84 one-day internationals. Alikel has played one test…

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Afghanistan-Pakistan warm-up match tomorrow

KABUL Cricket. Afghanistan’s morale has improved following a big win over Scotland in Tuesday’s ODI an outcome that came days ahead of the ICC World Cup. On the other hand, Pakistan have lost their last 10 ODIs after their 4-0…

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Asghar Afghan sacked as Afghanistan cricket captain

KABUL Cup 2019, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced on Friday. Dawlat Ahmadzai, chairman of the Selection Committee of ACB told a press conference here that Gulbuddin Naib was appointed as captain and Rashid Khan as assistant for ODI matches,…

Afghanistan take lead over Ireland in ODI series

KABUL have trounced Ireland by 109 runs in the fourth One-Day International (ODI) in the Indian city of Dehradun. Despite a top-order batting collapse, Afghanistan managed to post a 223-run total at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Friday…

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Ireland stage comeback, level ODI series against Afghanistan

KABUL in their third One Day International (ODI) by four wickets, thanks to Balbirnie's 145 off 136 balls. Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first and put a decent total of 256 after losing eight wickets in 50…

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Afghanistan beat Ireland in ODI opener

KABUL on Thursday defeated Ireland by five wickets in their first of five one-day internationals in India with 8.1 overs to spare. Batting first after winning the toss, Paul Stirling's 89 helped Ireland to a modest 161 with Mujeeb Ur…

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Afghanistan down Ireland in first T20 clash in India

Afghanistan on Thursday won their first T20 international against Ireland by five wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun, India. After winning the toss, Ireland decided to bat first and set the rivals 133 runs target in the…

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Qais powers Hurricanes to win over Renegades

KABUL’s leg spinner Qais Ahmad claimed has guided the Hobart Hurricanes to a comfortable triumph in the Big Bash League (BBL). In Thursday’s match, the teenage leggie grabbed two crucial wickets to help his side to a 16-run win over…

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