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| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Darwish Rasooli |
| Coach | Nawroz Mangal |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Home ground | Kabul international cricket stadium, Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Capacity | 6000 |
The Afghanistan A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Afghanistan. It is the 'second-tier' of international Afghan cricket, below the full Afghanistan national cricket team. Matches played by Afghanistan A are not considered to be One Day Internationals, instead receiving List A classification. Their first match was against the Tajikistan national cricket team in December 2013.[1][2] In 2017, they played a five-match series against the Zimbabwe A cricket team in Zimbabwe.[3]
In July 2017, they were added to the South Africa A Team Tri-Series, after Australia A withdrew.[4][5] They toured Bangladesh in July 2019, playing two first-class and five 50-over matches against Bangladesh A.[6] In October 2024, the Afghanistan A team played in the ACC emerging team asia cup tournament where they won matches against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh A but lost against Honk Kong A. However they won against India A in the semi final by scoring the highest ever total in the tournament history of 206. 2024 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup final was played between Afghanistan A and Sri Lanka A Team on 27 October 2024 which Afghanistan A won and won their first title as such.
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- ^ "Matches played by Afghanistan A". Cricket Archive. 28 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Zimbabwe A prepares to host Afghanistan A". Wisden India. 23 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Players withdraw from Australia A tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ "Afghans to replace Aussies in SA". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ "Afghanistan A in Bangladesh 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 August 2019.