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       KABUL: Jonathan Trott will continue as Afghan-istan’s head coach until the end of 2025 after being awarded a one-year extension, the country’s cricket board said.

       The England internatio-nal Trott have overseen a breakthrough year, the cri-c--ket board said, hailing his “significant contributions”.

       The 43-year-old has imp-r-essed in the role and was linked to the England job in July after Matthew Mott stood down as their white-ball coach.

       Afghanistan made significant progress under for-mer English batter Trott, reaching the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup for the first time earlier this year.

       He also guided Afghan-istan to victories over former champions England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka at last year’s One-day Intern-ational World Cup.

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       Afghanistan’s impressive performances under Trott ensured them a top-eight finish which ensured they will play in the Champions Trophy, the premier one-day competition after the World Cup, for the first time next year.

       “Afghanistan Cricket Board confirms the extension of the contract with Mr Jonathan Trott, the natio-nal team’s head coach, for the year 2025,” the Afghanistan Cricket Board said. “The decision comes in after his successful two and a half-three year tenure, during which he made significant contributions to the team’s progress and development.”

       Trott will oversee the team during the ODI leg of their multi-format tour of Zimbabwe this month but will miss other matches for personal reasons.

       Trott’s next assignment is a one-day series in Zimbabwe starting next week, but he will not be present for T20s or Tests during the all-format tour because of “personal commitments”, the ACB said.

       Hamid Hassan will fill in for Trott in Zimbabwe.

       Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2024