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Afghanistan Adds Toby Radford as Batting Coach, Robert Ahmun as Strength and Conditioning Lead Ahead of T20 World Cup

The hires target immediate preparation before the Dubai T20I series.

Overview

  • The Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed Toby Radford as batting coach on January 13, replacing Andrew Puttick.
  • Robert Ahmun was named strength and conditioning trainer, bringing recent experience as the ECB’s head of performance science and medicine.
  • Both appointments are reported as one-year deals and take effect before the three-match T20I series against West Indies in Dubai from January 19 to 22.
  • The board continues to recruit a full-time head coach and a spin-bowling coach with those posts still vacant.
  • Afghanistan’s 15-man T20 World Cup squad, captained by Rashid Khan, opens Group D play against New Zealand on February 8 in Chennai.