The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Monday, extended Jonathan Trott\u2019s contract as their national team\u2019s head coach for 2024. The ACB, in a statement, acknowledged Jonathan Trott\u2019s success as the head coach and thus announced a contract extension for a full year. \u201cAfghanistan Cricket Board confirms the extension of the contract with Mr. Jonathon Trott, the National Team\u2019s Head Coach, for the year 2024,\u201d said the Afghan cricketing body. \u201cThe decision comes in after his successful 18-month tenure, during which he made significant contributions to the team\u2019s progress and development.\u201d Notably, the ACB appointed the South-African Born former English cricketer, as the National Team\u2019s Head Coach in July 2022. Under his leadership, the team achieved remarkable success and secured several victories, including the team\u2019s impressive performance at the ACC T20 Men\u2019s Asia Cup 2022, its maiden international win and a T20I series victory against Pakistan, a maiden ODI series win over Bangladesh and a successful campaign at the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2023. Jonathan Trott has played 52 test matches for England from 2009-2015, scoring 3835 runs at 44.08 with 9 centuries and 19 half-centuries to his name with the best of 226 in an inning. He has also represented England in 68 ODIs during the period, having scored 2838 runs at 51.25 with 4 hundreds and 22 half-centuries to his name in the format. Jonathon Trott expressed his pleasure on the extension of his contract and stated that he is looking forward to spending more time with the squad and building on performances of the recently held ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2023. It is worth mentioning here that Afghanistan are on a brief tour to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to play a three-match T20I series. The three-match series between Afghanistan and UAE is levelled at 1-1 with the third and final fixture to be played on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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