Cricket Afghanistan

This is Afghanistan's emerging squad for the upcoming Rising Stars Asia Cup campaign. Tarakhail misses out again as he could've been accommodated in place of one of the three pacers. Ghazanfar has been a good inclusion as it provides a bit of edge to the spin department. Historically Qatar's wickets are known to be dry. Fluency of strokes might be a challenge on such wickets. It's time ACB should look beyond Ishaq Rahimi as a keeper batter. Good to see Naseer Maroofkhil as a slow left arm orthodox option. #AfghanAbdalyanSquad #RisingStarsAsiaCup2026 🇦🇫 🏏

Those two early wickets by Farooqi & Azmat set the tone of the match. #AFGvZIM 🇦🇫 🏏

That's the final killer blow. It's Azmat again with his brutal power. #AFGvZIM 🇦🇫 🏏

Never ever dare to taste the power of that arm. That's Azmat for you. #AFGvZIM 🤩 🇦🇫 🏏

That's Ibrahim smashing four boundaries in one over. #AFGvZIM 🇦🇫 🏏

This final game of the series virtually turned out be a no-contest. Noor Ahmad & debutante Abdullah Tarakhail ramped past the Zimbabwean batting inside 15 overs leaving Afghanistan to chase only 80 in their full quota of 20 overs. The biggest gain of the series is definitely going to be the discovery of Ijaz Ahmadzai & Abdullah Tarakhail as a valuable national prospect. Plus the way Noor Ahmad reinvented himself after a long hiatus with a career best fifer after his match winning debut against Zimbabwe is a pleasing sight. Not only Tarakhail bowled with a lot of tactful variations but was hovering around speeds of 139/138 kmph. Ijaz with his breezy finishes have cemented his place for some time atleast. Noor bowled with a lot of variable speeds and was using various angles of the crease smartly. On top of everything, Azmat & Rashid was brilliant as usual. The equity of Afghanistan have certainly risen after the recent white ball successes. #AFGvZIM 🇦🇫 🏏

It never felt Abdullah Tarakhail was bowling his first international over inside the power-play to a seasoned cricketing icon like Sikandar Raza & induced him in a false stroke that got him dismissed. Loved it. #AFGvZIM 🤩 🇦🇫 🏏

We have witnessed a complete redemption from @noor_ahmad_15 with a maiden career best spell of 5/13 against the same oposition he started off his T20I career with a match winning 4-fer. Life has come a full circle. #AFGvZIM 🇦🇫 🏏

That's indeed a well deserved & hard earned national callup & look at the way Abdullah Tarakhail has cashed this opportunity on his first international debut. Truly remarkable. Way to go. #AFGvZIM 🤩 🇦🇫 🏏

The APL draft rules explained by @AhFarhadFidai. The draft is slated to happen on 3rd & will be streamed live over the official @ACBofficials YT channel. #APLT20 🇦🇫 🏏

Breaking the unbeaten streak of Australia in the Cup final, Afghanistan is the newly crowned champions of Hong Kong Sixes! 🏆 🏏 🇦🇫

Before the social media starts connecting cooked up stories on CSA's withholding of NOC's to it's contracted players, it needs to be clarified that South Africa is hosting England in a bilateral series spanning mid-December upto mid-January followed up by SA20 due to which they're protecting contracted players from any possible injury. #APLT20 #Draft #MatthewBretzke #SouthAfrica

Beating Oman & Scotland, Afghanistan marches into the final against Australia in the Hong Kong Sixes tournament. Historically Australia in any final start as favorites to win the title. #AFGvAUS #HongKongSixes2026 🇦🇫 🏏

Local Diamond Pool for the APL draft slips out. Batters: Sediq Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Hashmat Shahidi, Najib Zadran Allrounders: Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat Spinners: AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Qais Ahmad, Sharafuddin Ashraf Fast Bowlers: Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Malik #APLT20 #Local #DiamondCategory #DraftPicks 🇦🇫 🏏

The overseas diamond pool is out. Strange to see the name of Waqar Salamkheil in the foreign category although APL has reserved 5 slots for Afghan cricketers settled abroad. The list has some interesting names like Sikandar Raza, TKC, Brandon King, Nahid Rana, Shoriful Islam, Shakib Al Hasan, Muzarabani, Laurie Evans, Joe Clarke, Reece Topley etc. #APLT20 #OverseasDiamond 🇦🇫 🏏

That was an absolute carnage by @AzmatOmarzay to bring his maiden T20I 💯. Cinematic to the core, Azmatullah showcased a relentless chanceless clean & crisp masterclass on power hitting. #AllrounderNo1 #AFGvZIM 🇦🇫 🏏

That's the moment when @rashidkhan_19 touched a new milestone in the history of T20I's. Marumani became Rashid's 200th victim & a new record was born. #HighestWicketTaker 🤩🔥

The platinum overseas picks will be drafted from this pool. The slots available are only 🖐️ in this category. #APLT20 #OverseasPlatinum 🇦🇫 🏏

It's a close win in the opening game against SA. But the real test will be against Oman tomorrow morning who looks to have the edge because of beating SA comprehensively in their opening game as well. #AFGvSA #HongKongInternationalSixes 🇦🇫 🏏

Two back to back electrifying hundreds scored by upcoming youth sensation, Tahir Sarwari against Oman have certainly drawn attention of many. Out of everything, the strike rates of these knocks are stagerring. However his real test as a batter is going to be in the U19 Asia Cup against bigger teams. #AFG19vsOMA19 #YouthODISeries #TahirSarwari 🇦🇫 🏏