Afghanistan women's national cricket team

Afghanistan
Captain vacant
First international
vs Tajikistan Tajikistan in Dushanbe, 2012
as of 23 March 2015

The Afghanistan national women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Afghanistan in international women's cricket matches. The team was formed in 2010, drawing on players mostly from Kabul.[1] Although the team is yet to play representative cricket, it had been scheduled to take part in the 2011 ACC Women’s Twenty20 in Kuwait, which ran from 17 – 25 February. The team was forced the withdraw from the tournament before travelling to Kuwait due to elements in Afghanistan opposing women's participation in sport[2]

In 2012, they participated in a 6 team tournament in Dushanbe, Tajikistan,[3] they became Champions by winning four matches and tieing one.[4]

Tournament history

Host/Year Round/Rank
Tajikistan Women's Tournament in Dushanbe, 2012Champions

Head coaches

  • Afghanistan Diana Barakzai 2010-2014
  • Afghanistan Tuba Sangar 2014-[5]

Captains

  • Diana Barakzai 2010-2014

See also

References

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