The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has extended head coach Jonathan Trott’s for one more year. Trott has been the head coach of the Afghanistan national cricket team for almost 2.5 years wherein he helped the side to qualify for the first-ever Champions Trophy. Afghanistan qualified for the semi-finals of the 2024 T20 World Cup and were also close to the qualifying for the knockouts in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Afghanistan has turned to be among the second best Asian side under the reign of Jonathan Trott.
ACB Extends Jonathan Trott’s Contract
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) December 9, 2024
More excitement is on its way as ACB extends Jonathon Trott’s contract as the National Team’s Head Coach for 2025. 🤝
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The past few years have been very tough for Afghanistan as far as the political problems are concerned in the country. Jonathan Trott became the head coach of the side when the team was going through a transition phase and senior players such as Asghar Afghan, Mohammed Shahzad and many more players were set for retirement and other player including Mohammad Nabi was in the last phase of his international career. Trott has produced many young talents in Afghanistan under his reign.
Afghanistan Cricket Board shared a statement on their official website, which read, “Hamid Hassan will step up and take on the role of Head Coach in Trott’s absence, and Nawroz Mangal, who recently helped the AfghanAbdalyan lineup to the Emerging Asia Cup glory, will serve as Assistant Head Coach during the series.”
After his extension as the head coach of Afghanistan, Jonathan Trott’s next examination will be tour of Zimbabwe. Trott willn’t be available for the Tests and T20Is due to personal reasons in the multi-format tour.
