Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott has said that the next progression for the team will be to have a squad with more players after their successful World Cup 2023 campaign.
“I think the next progression is to have more of a squad with regards to more players. We’ve seen Noor [Ahmad] come in, or Fazalhaq Farooqi come in. And so, it’s for the first time really been able to sort of select a side depending on the conditions whereas before you’d normally have 11 and if you had one injury you’d sort of – but you’re seeing now that the emergence of the players, experience of franchise cricket and becoming very, very good players.”
“So, there’s certainly a bigger pool I think than in the past to be able to select from, or certainly experienced players or well-known names to be able to call upon, like Naveen [ul-Haq] coming in and playing ODI cricket, and we saw the impact he very nearly got us a win against Australia with all the wickets in the new ball.”
“So, the future’s bright, it’s our job as a side and us as management coaches to make sure we nurture that and make sure that we’re going in the right direction,” said Trott.