Islamabad, Mar 29 (ANI): The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has said it is considering Afghanistan as a more likely choice for a cricket tour, rather than Pakistan.
Ireland batsman Paul Stirling smashed the second fastest fifty ever in Twenty20 internationals as his side were crowned the best of the second-tier teams after winning a pulsating match against Afghanistan by five wickets on Saturday.
The success of Afghanistan’s national cricket team has helped bring the game to wider masses. Swedish journalist Ivar Andersen writes in the Guardian about how a concrete pitch set up by a charity is giving rise to a new generation of players. The concrete pitch has been constructed at the far end of Faqrullah’s schoolyard. It isn’t big enough to contain an entire cricket ground, so all the overs have to be delivered from one end during matches. Faqrullah’s PE teacher also serves as the team’s coach. However, that title…
Nawroz Mangal, the Afghanistan captain, is the rugged face of Afghan cricket with a story fit for the big screen, says Shahid Hashmi, writing for Yahoo Cricket. When Nawroz Mangal led Afghanistan against Pakistan last week, it was the end of a long journey which started with his family’s flight from Soviet troops, and continued when he picked up bat and ball as a young refugee … “That period was difficult for all the family,” the Afghan captain told AFP in an interview. “We were financially hit and living in…
Such is the unifying power of cricket in Afghanistan that even the Taliban sent a message of support to the team ahead of their historic ODI against Pakistan in Sharjah on Friday
Such is the unifying power of cricket in Afghanistan that even the Taliban sent a message of support to the team ahead of their historic ODI against Pakistan in Sharjah on Friday
Maybe not, but as Afghanistan played its first major international cricket match today against rival Pakistan, some hoped the goodwill between the players on the field would translate into better relations off it.
Shahid Afridi and Younus Khan put their vast experience to good use as Pakistan warmed up for their four ODIs against England with a comfortable seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in Sharjah.
Karim Sadiq and Mohammad Shahzad briefly strode the thin line separating audacity from foolhardiness, as Afghanistan started in entertaining fashion, before Shahid Afridi reined them in with yet another five-wicket haul
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