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Afghanistan Cricket Board (formerly Afghanistan Cricket Federation) is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Afghanistan. Its current headquarters is in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghanistan Cricket Board is Afghanistan's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate member of ICC since June 2013. Before that it was an affiliate member and has been a member of that body since 2001. It is also a member of the Asian Cricket Council. Afghan President Hamid Karzai is the patron-in-chief of the board. On 11 November 2010 the Afghan national women's cricket team was formed. This was to help females understand the game of cricket and have a parallel team to that of the men. Also policy states that as per Islamic tradition women can wear a headscarf or hijab which is their own choice.〔http://www.espncricinfo.com/afghanistan/content/story/486563.html〕 ==History== Cricket was first played in Afghanistan during the 19th century Anglo-Afghan Wars, with British troops reported has having played in Kabul in 1839. However, unlike many countries, no lasting cricket legacy was left by the British, and it would be more than a hundred years before cricket returned.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Profile of Afghanistan )〕 In the 1990s, cricket became popular amongst Afghan refugees in Pakistan, and the Afghanistan Cricket Federation was formed there in 1995. They continued to play cricket on their return to their home country in late 2001.〔 Like all sports, cricket was originally banned by the Taliban, but it became an exception in 2000 and the Afghanistan Cricket Federation was elected as an affiliate member of the ICC the following year.〔(Timeline of Afghanistan cricket ) at CricketEurope〕 The Afghanistan national cricket team's 21-run win over Namibia in Krugersdorp earned them official One Day International status in April 2009. The team qualified for the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Afghanistan Cricket Board」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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