The Afghanistan A cricket team is a national

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

team representing

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

. It is the 'second-tier' of international Afghan cricket, below the full

Afghanistan national cricket team The Afghanistan men's national cricket team (, ) represents Afghanistan in international cricket. It is a full Member of the International Cricket Council with Test, One-Day International and T20 International status. Cricket has been play ...

. Matches played by Afghanistan A are not considered to be

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s, instead receiving

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classification. Their first match was against the Tajikistan national cricket team in December 2013. In 2017, they played a five-match series against the

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in Zimbabwe. In July 2017, they were added to the South Africa A Team Tri-Series, after Australia A withdrew. They toured Bangladesh in July 2019, playing two first-class and five 50-over matches against Bangladesh A. 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 The 2024 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the sixth edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup that was played in October 2024 in Muscat, Oman. Eight teams competed in the tournament, including 'A' teams from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanist ...

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.

Tournament History

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ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup

References

National sports teams of Afghanistan Afghanistan in international cricket National 'A' cricket teams 2013 establishments in Afghanistan Cricket clubs established in 2013 {{Afghanistan-sport-stub