This is a list of Afghanistan first-class cricketers, correct as of 21 January 2013. First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. Generally, matches are eleven players a side but there have been exceptions. Today all matches must be scheduled to have at least three days' duration; historically, matches were played to a finish with no pre-defined timespan. The list includes any player to have played for the Afghanistan national cricket team who has also played first-class cricket, whether for Afghanistan or another team. The list is in alphabetical order by first name, as is custom in cricket for players from Muslim countries.http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/AFG_A.html