Afghanistan women's national cricket team
Personnel | |
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Captain | Vacant |
Women's international cricket | |
First international | vs Tajikistan in Dushanbe, 2012 |
As of 23 March 2015 |
The Afghanistan national women's cricket team was the team that represented the country of Afghanistan in international women's cricket matches. The team was first formed in 2010,[1] but disbanded in 2014.[2] Although the team never played representative cricket in ICC competition, 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[3]
In 2012, they participated in a 6 team tournament in Dushanbe, Tajikistan,[4] they became Champions by winning four matches and tying one.[5]
History
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Tournament history
Host/Year | Round/Rank |
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Women's Tournament in Dushanbe, 2012 | Champions |
Head coaches
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Captains
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See also
References
- ^ First women's cricket team for Afghanistan
- ^ "Afghan Girls Want A (Cricket) League Of Their Own". Radio Liberty. 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan's Pioneer Women". Asian Cricket Council. 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
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