KABUL Cricket Board (ACB) on Thursday announced national squads for three T20 Internationals and five ODIs preceding a tour-ending Test against Ireland in India. The matches hosted by Afghanistan at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun Uttarakhand will commence…
Master leg-spinner Rashid Khan says cricket has “changed everything” in the country over the last few years and nothing brings a smile to people as a good display by their national team. In an interview released on Tuesday,…
Afghan leg-spinner Mujeebur Rahman is all poised to prove his mettle during the KFC Big Bash, which is scheduled to begin in Australia on December 19. The 17-year-old sensation will represent Brisbane Heat, whose coach Daniel Vettori says…
KABUL players were sold in the United Arab Emirates (UEA) T10 cricket league season two players draft to different teams in Dubai last night. The Players’ Draft was conducted at the V Hotel in Al Habtoor City till late evening…
KABUL in their Super Four match of the Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi on Friday night. Veteran Shoaib Malik smashed a towering six, followed by a sizzling boundary to help Pakistan clinch a sensational three-wicket win over Afghanistan. Batting first,…
KABUL beating Bangladesh by 136 runs in the Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Rashid’s rapid unbeaten 32-ball 57 involved eight fours and a six as Afghanistan reached an impressive 255-7 after their captain Asghar Afghan won the toss…
KABUL clinched the ODI series against Ireland 2-1 on Friday, defeating the hosts by eight wickets in a one-sided affair at Stormont with over 26 overs to spare. Batting first, the hosts were dismissed for just 124 as Rashid Khan…
KABUL and Ireland are set to meet for the deciding one-day international at Stormont on Friday after Ireland leveled the series 1-1. The hosts managed to register their first win of the series against Afghanistan after they were blanked 2-0…
KABUL outclassed Ireland in their first one-day international after being restricted to 227-9 in Belfast. Batting first, Afghanistan set the hosts 228 runs target to win but they were bundled out for 198 in the first of the three matches…
KABUL Cricket Board (ACB) on Sunday announced some new rules for selection of players. Chief selector Nawroz Mangal, ACB's High Performance Programme Manager, Basheer Stanekzai and members of the selection committee Abdul Wali Amin and Ahmad Shah Sulemankhel announced the…
KABUL, skipper Ajinkya Rahane said on Wednesday. "We are not going to take Afghanistan lightly. They have a decent team... bowlers are good," he told reporters on the eve of the historic Test for the war-torn country. NDTY quoted the…
KABUL on Thursday pipped Bangladesh by one run in their third and final Twenty/20 match at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun, India, whitewashing the series 3-0. Chasing Afghanistan’s 146-run target, Bangladesh, once reeling at 35/3, missed the target…
KABUL has produced in short cricketing history, says the game is his language. In an interview aired by an Indian TV channel, the teenager also named the renowned spinners he had grown up watching. “Cricket is my language. I bank…
KABUL humiliated Bangladesh in the second T20 match in the Indian city of in Dehradun. The young leggie continued to be in hot form and bagged four crucial wickets to guide his side to a 2-0 series win. He has…
KABUL on Tuesday announced squads for their upcoming historic Test match with India and a T20 series against Bangladesh. Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB)’s selection committee chairman Nawroz Mangal and members announced the two national squads during a press conference in…
KABUL are all set to host Bangladesh for a three-match Twenty/20 series in the northern Indian city of Dehradun next month ahead of their Test debut against the hosts. All three matches will be a day-night fixture and will be…
KABUL have sent the first batch of selected senior and junior cricketers to India for a two-week training from foreign coaches, the cricket board said on Friday. Afghanistan Cricket Board’s selection committee head Nawroz Mangal told a press conference in…
KABUL Cricket Board (ACB) on Saturday fined opener and wicket-keeper Mohammad Shahzad Mohammadi 300,000 afghanis over violating discipline. Shahzad was punished after he played in a local club in Peshawar city of Pakistan and was criticized by many cricket fans…
Afghan Skipper Asghar Stanikzai put a bout of appendicitis behind him to guide Afghanistan to a five-wicket victory over Ireland on Friday to qualify for next year's Cricket World Cup. Afghanistan returned from the pit’s edge to qualify…
KABUL Cup Qualifier 2018 following his latest breach of the ICC Code of Conduct. Shehzad received a 15 per cent fine and one demerit point after his accumulated demerit points reached four within a 24-month period, the ICC said in a statement.…
KABUL all-rounder Mohammad Nabi for this summer's T20 Blast competition, a media report said on Wednesday. Nabi is the second Afghan player to agree a county deal after compatriot Rashid Khan signed for Sussex. The 33-year-old has played 93 one-day…
Four-day matches began among zonal teams at the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Cricket Stadium in this capital city of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday what officials said the first of its kindfirst class national cricket tournament . Six zonal teams,…
KABUL staged a remarkable comeback to stun West Indies in their warm-up encounter in Harare. By virtue of the pulsating win, Afghanistan gave West Indies a hint of the struggle that could be in store for them in their bid…
Rashid Khan, who started playing as a batsman for a local Kuchi tribe team, shot to internationally fame in no time by recently achieving top position among ICC ODI players ranking. Rashid joined India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah…
