Jonathan Trott to remain Afghanistan’s head coach in new year

In a recent move, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) opted to give existing head coach Jonathan Trott, a former England batter, a one year contract extension. Trott will lead the team through 2024 after serving an initial 18 month tenure that ended in 2023. Under Trott’s direction, Afghanistan’s cricket squad made incredible strides and achieved new heights in 2023.

They triumphed over cricketing heavyweights like Pakistan, England, Sri Lanka, and the Netherlands during their outstanding performance in the ODI World Cup. Afghanistan’s campaign was memorable even though they lost to eventual champions Australia by a slim margin. “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time with them so far.

It’ll be nice to be able to build on the success we had at this World Cup,” Trott expressed his enthusiasm while speaking to ESPN Cricinfo, Trott, was appointed as head coach in July 2022, he played a crucial role in Afghanistan’s success, securing eight wins out of 23 ODIs and 11 wins out of 26 T20Is.

Afghanistan and the UAE are currently playing a three match T20I. Notably, the team won the first T20I match against the hosts but lost the second. As a result, the determined Asian team will try to win the final match on January 2. In an effort to get ready for the 2024 T20 World Cup, which is set to take place in the West Indies and the USA in June, Afghanistan will then go to India to play three Twenty20 Internationals against the home nation.

Notable for Trott’s outstanding tenure with the England cricket team—particularly during the 2010–11 where he was a part of the team winning the Ashes —Jonathan Trott seems to have made an easy transition into coaching..