Former England batter Jonathan Trott will depart his job as head coach of Afghanistan after subsequent yr’s males’s T20 World Cup.
The 44-year-old has been in control of Afghanistan since July 2022 and has overseen a profitable interval together with guiding the staff to the semi-finals of final yr’s T20 World Cup.
An Afghanistan Cricket Board assertion stated the choice was a part of their “long-term strategic planning” for the “subsequent part of the nationwide staff’s progress”.
Trott stated it had been “privilege” to educate the aspect and to “witness their ardour, resilience, and starvation to realize greatness”.
“I’m happy with what we’ve achieved collectively, and I’ll all the time stay a supporter of Afghan cricket,” added Trott.
Trott has coached Afghanistan for over three years however has by no means visited the nation and nonetheless lives in Birmingham.
He travels when the gamers meet for camps within the United Arab Emirates, which is dwelling to their principal coaching base and hosts a lot of their fixtures.
Nearly all of the gamers reside in Afghanistan and play within the home cricket leagues.
Ex-Warwickshire participant Trott performed 52 Exams and 68 one-day internationals for England, scoring 6,654 runs throughout each codecs.
The T20 World Cup is ready to be held in India and Sri Lanka in February and March 2026.
