Afghanistan women's national cricket team

The Afghanistan national women's cricket team was the team that represented the country of Afghanistan in international women's cricket matches. The team was first formed in 2010,[1] but disbanded in 2014.[2] Although the team never played representative cricket in ICC competition, it had been scheduled to take part in the 2011 ACC Women’s Twenty20 in Kuwait, which ran from 17 – 25 February. The team was forced the withdraw from the tournament before travelling to Kuwait due to elements in Afghanistan opposing women's participation in sport[3]

Afghanistan
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Personnel
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Women's international cricket
First internationalvs Tajikistan in Dushanbe, 2012
As of 23 March 2015

In 2012, they participated in a 6 team tournament in Dushanbe, Tajikistan,[4] they became Champions by winning four matches and tying one.[5]

In November 2020, the Afghanistan Cricket Board awarded central contracts to twenty-five players, in their bid to form a national team to take part in ICC tournaments.[6][7]

Tournament history
Host/Year Round/Rank
Women's Tournament in Dushanbe, 2012Champions

Head coaches

Captains

See also

References
  1. First women's cricket team for Afghanistan
  2. "Afghan Girls Want A (Cricket) League Of Their Own". Radio Liberty. 18 April 2018.
  3. "Afghanistan's Pioneer Women". Asian Cricket Council. 15 August 2011.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "ACB to award central contracts to 25 female cricketers". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. "ACB shortlists 25 for national women's team". CricBuzz. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  8. http://www.thenational.ae/world/central-asia/afghan-womens-cricket-crushed-by-threats-and-tradition
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