ඇෆ්ඝනිස්තාන ජාතික ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම

The Afghanistan national cricket ඇෆ්ගනිස්ථාන ජාතික ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම (පැෂ්ටෝ: د افغانستان د کريکټ ملي لوبډله) ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් සහ 12 වැනි ටෙස්ට් ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩා කරන පූර්ණ සාමාජික රට නියෝජනය කරයි. 19 වැනි සියවසේ මැද භාගයේ සිට ඇෆ්ගනිස්ථානයේ ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩා කළ නමුත් ජාතික කණ්ඩායම සාර්ථක වූයේ මෑත වසරවලදී පමණි. ඇෆ්ගනිස්තාන ක්‍රිකට් මණ්ඩලය 1995 දී පිහිටුවන ලද අතර 2001[1] ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් කවුන්සිලයේ (ICC) අනුබද්ධ සාමාජිකයෙකු වූ අතර 2003 දී ආසියානු ක්‍රිකට් කවුන්සිලයේ (ACC) සාමාජිකයෙකු බවට පත්විය. ඇෆ්ඝනිස්ථානයteam (: د افغانستان د کريکټ ملي لوبډله) represents the country of Afghanistan in international cricket and the 12th Test cricket playing nation. Cricket has been played in Afghanistan since the mid 19th century, but it is only in recent years that the national team has become successful. The was formed in 1995 and became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001 and a member of the (ACC) in 2003.

ඇෆ්ඝනිස්තානය

ඇෆ්ඝනිස්තාන ක්‍රිකට් ලාංඡනය
පුද්ගලයෝ
නායකයා	(එදිජා සහ වි20)
පුහුණුකරු
ඉතිහාසය
ටෙස්ට් තත්ත්වය අත්පත්කරගත්තේ	2017
එක්-දින ජාත්‍යන්තර
පළමුවන එදිජා	ස්කොට්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව බෙනොනි හිදී 19 අප්‍රේල් 2009
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පළමුවන වි20ජා	අයර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව කොලඹ දී 1 පෙබරවාරි 2010
1වන නිල ඇඳුම 2වන නිල ඇඳුම 3වන කට්ටලය

They are ranked 9th in International cricket as of 7 January 2017 ahead of full members and . In the same year they won their first , beating in the final. Afghanistan also won the Asia Vs Caribbean T20 Championship and beat Trindad and Tobago, Bangladesh and Barbados.

After nearly a decade of playing top class international cricket, on 22 June 2017, in an ICC meeting in London, full ICC membership ((Test status)) was granted to Afghanistan (concurrently with ), taking the number of Test cricket playing nations to twelve.

ඉතිහාසය

The earliest record of cricket in Afghanistan is of playing a match in in 1839, though it appears that no long lasting legacy of cricket was left by the British. In the 1990s, cricket became popular amongst the residing in Pakistan, and the was formed there in 1995. They continued to play cricket on their return to their home country. Like all sports, cricket was originally banned by the , but cricket became an exception in 2000 (being the only sport in Afghanistan to be approved by the Taliban) and the Afghanistan Cricket Federation was elected as an affiliate member of the ICC the following year.

The national team was invited to play in the second tier of Pakistani domestic cricket the same year, and the tour brought international media attention to Afghan cricket when the of the country began whilst the team was in Pakistan. The team lost three and drew two of the five matches on the tour.

They played in two Pakistani tournaments in 2003, winning their first match that year. They began playing in Asian regional tournaments in 2004, finishing sixth in their first ACC Trophy. More success began in 2006 when they were runners-up to in the Middle East Cup and beat an side featuring former by 171 runs in Mumbai. Gatting was dismissed for a .

They toured England in the summer of 2006, winning six out of seven matches. Three of their wins came against the second XIs of , and . They finished third in the ACC Trophy that year, beating in a play-off match.

They won their first tournament in 2007, sharing the with after the two tied in the final. They began their qualifying campaign for the in in 2008, winning of the World Cricket League. They finished third in the ACC Trophy Elite tournament the same year, and won a second consecutive WCL tournament, in later in the year.

In January 2009, Afghanistan progressed to the 2009 World Cup Qualifier by winning of the World Cricket League in , topping the table on net run rate ahead of and .

In the 2011 Cricket World Cup qualifying tournament, Afghanistan failed to progress to the , but earned ODI status for four years. Their first was against Scotland in the 5th place playoff, having previously beaten the Scots earlier in the tournament; Afghanistan won by 89 runs.

In the Afghanistan played its first first-class match against a Zimbabwe XI in a four-day match in . During the match, which was drawn, Afghan batsman scored centuries in both his innings, making him only the fourth player to do so on their first-class debut. Later, in August 2009, they played the in same competition at the , winning a low-scoring match by one wicket.

Afghanistan then took part in the in the United Arab Emirates. Afghanistan were drawn in Group A, a group which Afghanistan topped at the end of the group stages by winning all five of their matches. In the semi-finals the Afghans defeated by 8 wickets. In the final they met the hosts, the , whom they defeated by 84 runs.

On 1 February 2010, Afghanistan played their first against , which they lost by 5 wickets. On 13 February 2010, Afghanistan first defeated the United Arab Emirates by 4 wickets to make their way to the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 to be in the West Indies in April 2010. Later the same day they defeated Ireland by 8 wickets in the Final of and won the qualifier. Afghanistan were in of the main tournament, with and . During their first match against , opening batsman hit 50 runs, helping Afghanistan to a score of 115 in their 20 overs. Despite this they lost the match by 8 wickets. In their second match, the team were reduced to 14/6 at one stage, before a late rally from and helped Afghanistan post 88 all out, resulting in a loss by 59 runs.

The teams Intercontinental Cup campaign continued in 2010, with wins over , , and before they beat Scotland by 7 wickets in the final in . Also in 2010, they won the ACC Trophy Elite tournament in Kuwait, beating in the final and finished third in of the in the . They took part in the at the in China and won the silver medal, losing to in the final.

In 2011, Afghanistan begun playing in the . They beat and drew with the UAE. In the parallel one-day league, they won two matches against Canada and lost twice to the . In March, 2013, they played two T20 Internationals against Scotland in and prevailed in both matches. They also won two ODIs in against the same opponents. Afghanistan drew level with Scotland in second in the WCL Championship table after the two convincing wins that boosted their hopes of securing automatic qualification for the 2015 World Cup.

Ireland won the WCL Championship with 24 points, and Afghanistan came second with 19 points was qualified for World Cup. , in fourth, face next month, while fifth-placed host Ireland later in March. There will be a further two rounds of games, with the top two teams guaranteed a spot at the next World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Afghanistan also inflicted a crushing defeat on Scotland in their ICC Intercontinental Cup match. Afghanistan 275 (Shah 67*, Davey 4–53) beat Scotland 125 (Taylor 48*, Dawlatzai 6–57) and 145 (Coetzer 57, Dawlatzai 5–37) by an innings and 5 runs. Izatullah Dawlatzai took eleven wickets in the match as Afghanistan defeated Scotland by an innings and five runs in Abu Dhabi.

In December 2011, Afghanistan took part in the ACC Twenty20 Cup in Nepal, where they were drawn in the same group as Hong Kong, Oman, and .

The event was a qualifier for the , but Afghanistan have already qualified for the event in the United Arab Emirates. Further matches in the 2011–13 Intercontinental Cup and the associated one-day league will be played in 2012 against the Netherlands and Ireland and in 2013 against Scotland, and Kenya.

Afghanistan played its first One Day International against a Full Member of the International Cricket Council in February 2012 when they played a . Afghanistan also took on Australia Cricket Team for only ODI at Sharjah in August 2012.

In July 2014 Afghanistan toured Zimbabwe to play its 1st full series against a full member. The 4 match ODI series finished 2–2 and the 2 match first class series finished 1–1.

With their victory on 25 December 2015, Afghanistan entered the top 10 of the for the first time.

Afghanistan got its on 27 of June 2013. The decision was taken on the ICC’s annual meeting on 26 of June 2013 in London, England and was attended by ACB CEO Dr Noor Muhammad Murrad. The nomination request had been sent by the (ACC) last year based on the continuous progress made by former ACB CEO Dr Hamid sheenwari, especially in its cricket development.

"Afghanistan is the only country that receives the Associate membership in a short period of time in reward to the efforts Afghanistan made for the promotion of cricket," Dr Noor Muhammad, CEO of the (ACB), said on the ACC website.

Becoming an Associate would mean higher funding and, importantly, more exposure for the passionate and cricket-starved players from Afghanistan, a war-torn country. So far, the ICC was paying $700,000 in annual funding to Afghanistan, which is now likely to rise to $850,000 based on the Associate status.

In March 2013, Afghanistan received a boost after a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the (ACB) and (PCB) for the development of Afghanistan cricket ahead of the 2015 World Cup.

The PCB will provide technical and professional support, including game-education programmes, coaching courses, skill and performance analysis, and basic umpiring and curator courses. High performance camps for emerging players will also be organised. The PCB-regulated (NCA) will help in improving technical, tactical, mental and physical skills, and will host lectures on doping, anti-corruption and various codes of conduct. The finance for the project will be decided later, with the NCA-related activities likely to be subsidised.

In April 2013, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) was allocated US$422,000 (22,400,000 AFN approx.) from the ICC's targeted assistance and performance programme. The world governing body of cricket approved the grant at its IDI (ICC Development International) board meeting, which concluded in Dubai.

ACB chief executive officer, Noor Mohammad Murad, said the board had requested a total of $1 million in assistance. "The ICC approved $422,000 for now. They will send a delegation to visit the ACB in two or three weeks, and will decide [from there] whether or not to approve the rest of the money," Murad told AFP.

The money, to be given over three years, is aimed at developing more competitive teams among ICC Full, Associate and Affiliate members. Previously, countries such as the Netherlands, Scotland, West Indies, Zimbabwe and Ireland have received assistance through a similar programme. According to an ICC statement, the funding for the ACB is for the development of the National Cricket Academy in Kabul.

Afghanistan became an Affiliate member of the ICC in 2001. In 2009 it attained one-day status till 2015. Over the last two years, the ACB has undergone organisational restructuring in a bid to provide better leadership and find qualified staff to run cricket administration in the war-torn country. They are currently developing their domestic cricket infrastructure, and have signed a two-year deal with the Pakistan board for the development of Afghanistan cricket ahead of the 2015 World Cup.

Last year, the Asian Cricket Council decided to nominate Afghanistan for Associate membership with the ICC, with the request being looked into at the ICC's annual conference in June. At present the ICC provides about $700,000 a year in funding. Based on current distributions, that will rise to $850,000 once Associate status is assured.

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