Afghanistan To Play One-Off Check In opposition to New Zealand In Larger Noida

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed on Saturday that their males’s crew will play a one-off Check match in opposition to New Zealand from September 9–13 in Larger Noida. This would be the first time that Afghanistan will play a Check match in opposition to New Zealand, with the fixture turning into the facet’s third sport within the longer format this yr. Afghanistan has beforehand gained three Check matches, every in opposition to Eire (2019), Bangladesh (2019), and Zimbabwe (2021). “We’re delighted to host a high quality New Zealand Check crew for the primary time in our cricketing historical past. This can be a testomony to the onerous work we’ve got put in via quite a few discussions and conferences with totally different boards on the sidelines of the varied ICC Board Conferences.”

“The Black Caps are an excellent all-format crew in world cricket, and we hope to succeed in an settlement with New Zealand Cricket for white-ball bilateral matches sooner or later,” stated ACB Chairman Mirwais Ashraf.

The match can even mark Afghanistan’s return to enjoying worldwide cricket on the Larger Noida Sports activities Complicated Floor, which is likely one of the allotted venues for Afghanistan’s dwelling video games, following a mutual settlement between ACB and the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI).

New Zealand are set to reach in Larger Noida on September 5 for a three-day conditioning camp forward of the one-off Check match. New Zealand are additionally scheduled to play three Checks in opposition to India, beginning on October 16 in Bengaluru, adopted by matches in Pune and Mumbai respectively.

In the meantime, Afghanistan will head to New Delhi in late August for a one-week-long coaching and preparation camp. Of their two Checks performed this yr, Afghanistan have misplaced to Sri Lanka and Eire, with their final win within the longer format coming in 2021 over Zimbabwe at Abu Dhabi.

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