Last week’s International Cricket Council meeting in Kolkata signed off on a new Future Tours Programme for 2019-2023 that will see Afghanistan visit Australia for a Test match as well as host the Baggy Green side, according to Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Shafiq Stanikzai.
Afghanistan plays their ‘home’ matches in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, and will play their first ever Test match against India in Bengaluru in June. The matches will not be part of the new Test Championship structure, but the nation has organised bilateral series against top nations including Australia and England.
“We are playing 14-18 Tests in the new FTP cycle. We will be playing against England, Australia, the West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland and Bangladesh,” Stanikzai said.
“These series does not come under the Test Championship, these will be all bilateral series – home and away” he added.
