Afghanistan A cricket team explained

Afghanistan A
Coach:	Hasti Gul
Captain:	Shahidullah
Founded:	2013
Ground:	Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida, India
Capacity:	n/a

The Afghanistan A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Afghanistan. It is the 'second-tier' of international Afghan cricket, below the full Afghanistan national cricket team. Matches played by Afghanistan A are not considered to be One Day Internationals, instead receiving List A classification. Their first match was against the Tajikistan national cricket team in December 2013.^{[1] [2]} In 2017, they played a five-match series against the Zimbabwe A cricket team in Zimbabwe.^[3]

In July 2017, they were added to the South Africa A Team Tri-Series, after Australia A withdrew.^{[4] [5]} They toured Bangladesh in July 2019, playing two first-class and five 50-over matches against Bangladesh A.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tajikistan Tours Afghanistan. Administrator. asiancricket.org.
2. Web site: Matches played by Afghanistan A . 28 January 2017 . 28 January 2017 . Cricket Archive . 2 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202051012/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/32/32078/Other_Matches.html . dead .
3. Web site: Zimbabwe A prepares to host Afghanistan A . 23 January 2017 . 27 January 2017 . Wisden India . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202075651/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-press-releases/zimbabwe/zimbabwe-a-prepares-to-host-afghanistan-a/238206 . 2 February 2017 . dead .
4. Web site: Players withdraw from Australia A tour . 17 July 2017. ESPN Cricinfo.
5. Web site: Afghans to replace Aussies in SA . 17 July 2017. Cricket Australia.
6. Web site: Afghanistan A in Bangladesh 2019 . CricketArchive . 13 August 2019.