Beginning in the mid 1800s, Cricket has been widely popular in Afghanistan, though progress on the international level was slow. In 1995, The Afghanistan Cricket Board was founded. Afghanistan became an affiliate member of ICC in 2001, after forming a national team. From 2008 to 2013, Afghanistan went from Division Five of the World Cricket League to a Full Associate Member. Afghanistan debuted in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[1] Afghanistan qualified for finals in ICC World Cup Qualifier 2018 and defeated West Indies in finals. 2019 World Cup was 2nd World Cup which Afghanistan qualified. They qualified under the captaincy Asgar Afghan.
| Year | Round | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | Captain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Not eligible – not an ICC member | ||||||
| 1979 | |||||||
| 1983 | |||||||
  1987 | |||||||
  1992 | |||||||
 1996 | |||||||
  1999 | |||||||
   2003 | Not an ICC member at time of qualifying | ||||||
| 2007 | Did not qualify | ||||||
 2011 | |||||||
| 2015 | Group Stage | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | Mohammad Nabi | |
| 2019 | Group Stage | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Gulbadin Naib | |
| 2023 | Group Stage | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | Hashmatullah Shahidi | |
| Total | Group Stage | 23 | 5 | 0 | 19 | – | |
| Cricket World Cup matches (By team) | ||||||
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| Opponents | Played | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
| Total | 23 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 21.73% | |
See main article: 2015 Cricket World Cup Pool A.
The 2015 Cricket World was the first Cricket World Cup Afghanistan participated in. Afghanistan was grouped with hosts Australia and New Zealand. The group also included test playing nations Sri Lanka, England and Bangladesh, along with Scotland.
| Opponents | Played | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.66% | |
| Source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/engine/series/509587.html | ||||||
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See main article: 2019 Cricket World Cup. 2019 World Cup Was 2nd World Cup in which Afghanistan participated. This World Cup was in Round robin format where Afghanistan faced all the other teams which include Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies, but did not manage to claim victory against any national team in the tournament.
| Played | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0% | |
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| Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/scores/series/8039/season/2019/icc-cricket-world-cup | ||||||
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2023 World Cup Was 3rd World Cup in which Afghanistan participated. This World Cup was in Round robin format where Afghanistan faced all the other teams which include Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Netherlands. In this edition of the world cup Afghanistan was able to win four matches against England,Pakistan,Sri Lanka and Netherlands.