Trott to continue as Afghanistan men's head coach in 2024

Following a successful stint with the Afghanistan men's cricket team, former England batter Jonathan Trott's contract as head coach has been extended for a year. His 18-month tenure came to an end with 2023 but the ACB has chosen to keep him for 2024 as well.

Afghanistan made magnificent additions on the field last year, which finished in their presentation in the ODI World Cup where they beat Pakistan, Britain, Sri Lanka and Netherlands. They were likewise reachable for triumph over the possible heroes Australia until Glenn Maxwell played one of the best innings ever.

Trott addressed ESPNcricinfo in the fallout of that crusade where Afghanistan went in with just a single win in World Cup cricket and expanded that build up to five toward the competition's end. "I've completely partaken in my experience with them up to this point," he said. "It'll be ideal to have the option to expand on the achievement we had at this World Cup."

Taking all things together, Trott, who was first designated as lead trainer of Afghanistan in July 2022, has assisted the group with winning eight out of 23 ODIs, including a lady series prevail upon Bangladesh, and 11 out of 26 T20Is, including a lady series prevail upon Pakistan.

Afghanistan are at present playing a three-match T20I series against the UAE, where the scoreline is 1-1. They will then play India in a bunch of three T20Is in January in anticipation of the T20 World Cup in West Indies and the USA in June.

Trott made some celebrated memories with Britain, particularly in Test cricket where he made 3835 runs in 52 matches, and was one of the mainstays of their Remains win in 2010-11. At his pinnacle a player equipped for batting significant stretches and building gigantic innings, Trott's prosperity likewise made an interpretation of well into ODI cricket where he made 2819 runs at a normal of 51 with four hundreds and 22 fifties. Towards the finish of his vocation, however, the force of his game negatively affected him and he wanted a break from cricket in 2013-14. Trott in the end resigned from Britain obligation in 2015. The Afghanistan work was his most memorable time as lead trainer of a senior men's group in worldwide cricket.