The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) is on the lookout for a brand new head coach as Graham Thorpe, who’s at present within the position, is severely unwell and isn’t anticipated to return to the staff any time quickly. ACB has reportedly begun the recruitment course of and the staff is predicted to have a brand new head coach for the subsequent season.
Thorpe, a former England batter, was appointed for the pinnacle coach position in March this yr and was supposed to affix the Afghanistan camp in direction of the top of April, in response to ESPNcricinfo. He was unable to return to the staff through the time, and in his absence, the staff operated with Raees Khan Ahmadzai on an interim foundation.
ACB rent Ryan Maron as their fielding coach
Within the former English batter’s absence, Afghanistan performed three ODIs and as many T20Is towards Zimbabwe and gained all of the matches with Ahmadzai performing because the interim head coach and Nawroz Khan Mangal because the batting coach. Thorpe previously labored with England of their teaching setup and his affiliation got here to an finish following the staff’s 4-0 loss in Australia within the Ashes.
Thorpe took over from Lance Klusener as the pinnacle coach of the Asian staff because the latter stood down from the position in November 2021 after two years. In the meantime, the ACB has employed former South African cricketer Ryan Maron for the position of fielding coach. Maron has additionally beforehand labored because the fielding coach of West Indies.
This was ACB’s second appointment within the final two months after former Pakistan worldwide Umar Gul was appointed because the bowling coach till the top of 2022. The staff will tour Eire in August for 5 T20Is. The preliminary plan was to even have a one-off Check match and three ODIs, however the schedule was later reworked within the wake of the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia that’s set to start in October.
Afghanistan go into the Eire sequence with a successful streak of seven video games in white-ball cricket. Eire, however, will play three ODIs and T20Is every towards New Zealand, this month, and two T20Is towards South Africa earlier than the sequence towards Afghanistan.
