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Australia To Host Afghanistan For One-Off Test Next Year

By IANS News December 21, 2020 • 11:08 AM View: 1452

Australia will be hosting Afghanistan for a lone Test match in November next year, Afghanistan Cricket Board has announced. The Test match was originally scheduled to be held in November this year. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Cricket Australia had in September called-off the Test and decided to hold it at a later date.

The proposed Test will not be a part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship as it is limited to the top nine teams and does not include three Full Members in Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe.

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