Cricket in Afghanistan

Cricket in Afghanistan
Cricket in Afghanistan
	Crowd watching a cricket tournament in 2015
Country	Afghanistan
Governing body	Afghanistan Cricket Board
National team(s)	Afghanistan Men; Afghanistan Women; Afghanistan U-19 Men; Afghanistan A
National competitions
	List First Class Cricket Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament; Mirwais Nika 3-Day Tournament; ; List A Cricket Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament; Green Afghanistan One Day Cup; ; T20 Cricket Shpageeza Cricket League; Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup; ; ;
International competitions
	List Men’s national team ICC World Test Championship; Cricket World Cup: 6th (2023); ICC World Twenty20: Semi-final (2024); ICC Champions Trophy; Asia Cup; Asian Games: Silver Medal (2010, 2014, 2022); ; Men’s U-19 national team Under-19 Cricket World Cup: 4th (2022); ACC Under-19 Asia Cup: Champions (2017); ; Afghanistan A cricket team ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup: Champions (2024); ; ;

Cricket in Afghanistan is a popular sport in the country, which is represented internationally by the Afghanistan national cricket team. Afghanistan's border with the Test playing nation of Pakistan has helped the game to take root. Pakistan's former batsman Inzamam ul Haq has coached the Afghan national team in the past. Afghanistan became a full member of the International Cricket Council on 22 June 2017, enabling the national team to participate in official Test matches.

Afghanistan's playing season runs from May to September. There are 320 cricket clubs and 6 turf wickets in Afghanistan. In February 2017, the International Cricket Council (ICC) awarded first-class status to Afghanistan's four-day domestic competition. They also granted List A status to their existing Twenty20 domestic competition, as Afghanistan did not have a domestic 50-over tournament. In May 2017 however, the ICC recognised the 50-over Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament by granting it List A status.