Afghanistan selector Kabir Khan says former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq has agreed to stay on as coach for the next two years, after his successful stint against Zimbabwe recently.
An unbeaten fifth-wicket partnership of 69 between Mohammad Nabi and Najibullah Zadran guided Afghanistan to a six-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the first of two T20Is in Bulawayo on Monday.
By stint of a series of impressive batting displays the top 10 has re-jigged and a number of South Africa batsmen have risen in the ICC player rankings for ODI batsmen.
Afghanistan senior player Mohammad Nabi is ecstatic that his side made history by becoming the first Associate nation to beat a Full Member team in a bilateral series.
Mohammad Nabi struck his first ODI century to help Afghanistan to a 58-run win over Zimbabwe in the second ODI in Bulawayo to level the five-match series at one-all.
Former India player, and batting great, Sachin Tendulkar has pleaded with cricket's governing body not to reduce the number of teams participating at the next World Cup.
Any side can get thumped, regardless of where they sit in the ICC hierarchy. It will happen to better sides less often, because they are, you know, better.
The ICC Annual Conference concluded in Barbados with the ICC, IDI and IBC Board meetings, which were held under the chairmanship of Mr Narayanaswami Srinivasan.
Afghanistan batsman Samiullah Shenwari's 96 saved his side from embarrassment against Scotland, and also paved the way for their one-wicket win in Dunedin on Thursday, but he was modest about his role.
The ICC chief executive David Richardson has conceded that cricket's governing body took the controversial decision to reduce the number of teams for the next two global tournaments because of a mega broadcasting deal.
Ireland spinner George Dockrell has criticised the ICC's decision to reduce the next two World Cup's from 14 to 10 teams, saying it doesn't make sense.
The next two Cricket World Cups, in 2019 and 2023, is set to be reduced to just ten sides after the reduction of teams was not discussed at the ICC general conference.
Sri Lanka have not been in the best ODI form of late, but one cannot imagine they'll falter against the Associate side, who are very popular with the fans but may not hold up so well against Lasith Malinga's yorkers.
The ICC cricket committee, chaired by former India spinner Anil Kumble, held their two-day meeting in Mumbai this week, and came up with a range of recommendations to make to the executives consider.
Afghanistan coach Andy Moles has urged his team show the world that they can play and are not just at the World Cup to make up the numbers, while not giving the bigger cricketing nations easy matches.
The Indian cricket board, BCCI, have revealed that Afghanistan have asked if they could use one of the venues in India as a home base for future international matches, and the BCCI are happy to help.
Afghanistan coach Andy Moles is disappointed with the performance that his charges put up against Bangladesh in their first ever 50-over World Cup match at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on Wednesday.
The group stage is over, and we are saying goodbye to Associate involvement for another World Cup, and maybe we are saying goodbye to them forever. Here's a review of their efforts.
Afghanistan Cricket Board president Nasimullah Danish will try and secure neighbouring India as their home ground for upcoming games in International cricket.
The 2016 Asia Cup will undergo a change and convert to a T20 International competition and might see two additional Associate nations join the established four teams in the event.
Bangladesh come into this game under pressure as the relative favourites, having lost to Ireland in the warm-ups and having a dire build-up, while Afghanistan are pressure-free as the Associate underdogs.
The influence of two new balls from both ends, revised fielding restrictions, and T20 have transformed the predominant 50-over strategy, turning the ODI revolution of the 1990s inside-out.
