File picture of Afghanistan cricket workforce.© BCCI/Sportzpics
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed on Saturday that their males’s workforce will play a one-off Take a look at match towards New Zealand from September 9–13 in Larger Noida. This would be the first time that Afghanistan will play a Take a look at match towards New Zealand, with the fixture changing into the aspect’s third sport within the longer format this yr. Afghanistan has beforehand gained three Take a look at matches, every towards Eire (2019), Bangladesh (2019), and Zimbabwe (2021). “We’re delighted to host a high quality New Zealand Take a look at workforce for the primary time in our cricketing historical past. It is a testomony to the exhausting work we’ve put in by quite a few discussions and conferences with totally different boards on the sidelines of the varied ICC Board Conferences.”
“The Black Caps are an excellent all-format workforce in world cricket, and we hope to succeed in an settlement with New Zealand Cricket for white-ball bilateral matches sooner or later,” stated ACB Chairman Mirwais Ashraf.
The match will even mark Afghanistan’s return to enjoying worldwide cricket on the Larger Noida Sports activities Complicated Floor, which is likely one of the allotted venues for Afghanistan’s house video games, following a mutual settlement between ACB and the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI).
New Zealand are set to reach in Larger Noida on September 5 for a three-day conditioning camp forward of the one-off Take a look at match. New Zealand are additionally scheduled to play three Assessments towards India, beginning on October 16 in Bengaluru, adopted by matches in Pune and Mumbai respectively.
In the meantime, Afghanistan will head to New Delhi in late August for a one-week-long coaching and preparation camp. Of their two Assessments performed this yr, Afghanistan have misplaced to Sri Lanka and Eire, with their final win within the longer format coming in 2021 over Zimbabwe at Abu Dhabi.
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