Afghanistan Cricket Board chairman Mirwais Ashraf is set to run the board for three more years as well. A top official of ACB has confirmed the development to Cricbuzz on Friday on a request for anonymity. Ashraf, appointed as chairman of the ACB in 2021, was likely to end his tenure in August 2023.

“Due to his performance for the last three years, the Taliban government extended Mirwais Ashraf’s new term as the chairman of Afghanistan cricket board for three more years,” said the ACB official. “Look stability is key to our success and we try to value it,” he said.

“During the last three years we had one chairman, one CEO and one coach and we changed our captain only once as we feel that if we want to develop as a cricketing nation we need to put major focus on stability and don’t try to go for chopping and changing,” he again said.

It is also known that the Patron-in-chief of Afghanistan Mullah Muhammad Hassan, the Prime Minister of the country, decided to extend the tenure of Ashraf as the chairman for three more years as well. Ashraf, who was initially appointed as head of the board will continue to do the job until December when the election will take place in the Annual General Meeting as well.

It is understood that the Patron-in-chief of Afghanistan is supporting Ashraf for the post he is likely to win facing hardly any resistance when the next election will occur in December as well. The election is likley to be followed by the ACB constitution and international standards where the board members will elect the new chairman through a transparent voting process in the AGM as well.