As part of the agreement made between Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) towards annual bi-lateral series arrangements, the Men’s National teams will play against each other at Sharjah Cricket Stadium from December 25th, 2023 – January 01st, 2024, in a series comprising of two (2) games in the 50-overs format and three (3) T20 International games (with ICC team ranking points).
Both teams met earlier in February 2023 for the 3-match T20I series, with Afghanistan winning the series 2-1.
Afghanistan Men Tour of UAE Schedule
United Arab Emirates: Muhammad Waseem (Captain), Ali Naseer, Aayan Afzal Khan, Basil Hameed, Dhruv Parashar, Khalid Shah, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Junaid Siddique, Nilansh Keswani, Omid Rahman, Raja Akifullah, Samal Udawaththa, Tanish Suri and Vriitya Aravind
Afghanistan: Ibrahim Zadran (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mohammad Ishaq, Hazratullah Zazai, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Darwish Rasooli, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Azmaullah Omarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad, Naveen Ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem and Qais Ahmad
25th December 2023: Afghanistan vs UAE – 50-overs (Scorecard)
27th December 2023: UAE vs Afghanistan – 50-overs (Scorecard)
29th December 2023: Afghanistan vs UAE – 1st T20I (Scorecard)
31st December 2023: UAE vs Afghanistan – 2nd T20I (Scorecard)
02nd January 2024: Afghanistan vs UAE – 3rd T20I (Scorecard)
2 thoughts on “UAE and Afghanistan to play bi-lateral series in December 2023”
Why have the 50-over games not been accorded ODI status, given that both nations have ODI status? Seems arbitrary and ridiculous to me, as usual.
Hello Frank
It depends on the arrangement between the participating boards, and in this case, both have not opted for playing the games as official ODIs. With Emirates Board hosting, it could also be a matter of incurring additional expense to host those games with ODI status, as it would require more expense and UAE Board currently do not have much to spend, other than the ones on the T20Is.
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