Afghanistan Cricket Board confirms batting coach Andrew Puttick's departure after end of contract

Kabul [Afghanistan], November 3 (ANI): The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) connected Monday confirmed that batting manager Andrew Puttick volition depart pursuing the decision of his declaration astatine the extremity of December.

The erstwhile South African cricketer joined Afghanistan's backroom unit successful January 2024. During his tenure, Afghanistan batters excelled to caller heights and transformed from an inconsistent broadside to a objective unit, susceptible of chasing imposing targets.

During his reign, Afghanistan reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024 successful the USA and the Caribbean for the archetypal time. In their historical run, Afghanistan toppled New Zealand and Australia successful the radical signifier and Super 8s.

In the ODI World Cup 2023, Afghanistan handed defeats to England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. At 1 point, the Hashmatullah Shahidi-led broadside astir knocked Australia down, but floundered against Glenn Maxwell's heroic unbeaten 201.

'The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) extends its sincere gratitude to Andrew Puttick for his dedicated work and invaluable contributions arsenic Batting Coach of the nationalist team. During his tenure, Andrew played a important relation successful enhancing the method and intelligence attack of our batters, contributing to respective notable performances crossed formats,' ACB said successful a connection connected X.

'His professionalism, calm demeanour, and committedness to subordinate improvement person near a lasting and affirmative interaction connected some the coaching portion and the players. Having started his travel with ACB successful January 2024, his declaration concludes connected December 31, 2025. We instrumentality this accidental to convey Andrew for his hard work, passion, and devotion to Afghanistan cricket. He volition ever stay a respected subordinate of the ACB family, and we privation him the precise champion successful his aboriginal coaching endeavours. Thank you, Andrew, and champion of luck successful your adjacent chapter,' ACB concluded.

Moments later, the Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed that the tenure of caput manager Jonathan Trott volition officially reason pursuing the ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled to commence successful February adjacent year. This determination comes arsenic portion of ACB's semipermanent strategical readying for the adjacent signifier of the nationalist team's growth.

Trott, who took complaint of the Afghanistan National Team successful 2022, has worked intimately with the players implicit the past fewer years, contributing to the team's improvement and rising planetary competitiveness. (ANI)