Afghanistan appoint 29-year-old Noor-ul-Haq Malekzai as chief selector
Cricket | February 23, 2022 12:50 ISTThe 29-year-old former cricket played only two One Day Internationals for the Afghanistan cricket team at the age of 17 back in 2010
The 29-year-old former cricket played only two One Day Internationals for the Afghanistan cricket team at the age of 17 back in 2010
Afghanistan will play in the Asia Cup in 2022 and the ICC T20 World Cup in the same year, followed by the Asia Cup and the ICC 50-over World Cup in 2023.
Tait, a Level 2 certified coach from Cricket Australia, had also signed up to be the bowling coach of Puducherry in Indian domestic cricket.
Fazli has requested Cricket Australia (CA) not to cancel the men's Test between the two teams scheduled to take place in Hobart in November.
Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday said that its men's team's season-opening Test against Afghanistan, slated to start on November 27 in Hobart, will be scrapped due if Taliban doesn't allow women in sports.
ACB is not expecting an answer from the new Afghan government, who banned girls from attending school and women were banned from work and education during their previous rule two decades ago.
Fazli's appointment is the first big development related to cricket in the country since the Taliban took over.
Afghanistan are scheduled to play three-match ODI series against Pakistan, which is due to begin on September 3 in Sri Lanka.
In an international career spanning almost a decade, Gunawardene represented Sri Lanka in 6 Tests and 61 ODIs.
ACB CEO assured that the members of the national team and their families are safe as the Taliban took over the reins of the country.
It will be the first time that Tait will be in a coaching position in international cricket. Tait represented Australia in all three formats of the game from 2004 to 2016.
Rashid, who is ranked world no 2 among bowlers in T20Is, had earlier declined Afghanistan's T20I captaincy, saying that he believes he is more valuable as a player than as a leader.
In a statement, the board has stated that it had organised a training camp for 40 female cricketers out of which 25 were selected who will be awarded central contracts "very soon".
Former acting CEO Jaar Abdulrahimzai officially introduced Qureishi to ACB staff in a formal event at ACB on Monday.
Noor Mohammad (Lalai) found guilty of approaching a national team player to spot-fix matches.
The former captain played five ODIs and eight T20Is for the national side, and since retirement has served in coaching roles with Afghanistan.
The 35-year-old is among four new members who have replaced the outgoing members of Afghanistan Cricket Board's nine-member panel.
Lutfullah Stanikzai had a three-year contract with ACB. He was hired in July last year following Afghanistan's poor show at the 50 over World Cup where they failed to win a single match and finished at the bottom.
The Test match was an uncertain affair given the coronavirus pandemic which has led to travel restrictions Down Under. However, Cricket Australia gave the day-night Test a go-ahead as part of their summer home fixture.
Head coach Lance Klusener, batting coach HD Ackermann and assistant coach Nawroz Mangal are among those impacted by the decision.
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