Tweet A week on after Afghanistan’s historic appearance at the World T20, it is a good opportunity to look forward to how Afghanistan cricket can continue to grow and flourish. While they showed promise, determination and a few standout performances, it’s clear that there still has to be a lot of work for Afghanistan. Furthermore, following the severe struggle against the extreme pace... 

Tweet Raees Ahmadzai, the long-serving Afghanistan middle-order batsman, has retired from all cricket to concentrate on finding the next generation of Afghan players. On his Twitter feed, he said: “I will still be involved with cricket, working as chief selector for the ACB, but it is time for the younger generation of Afghans to rise!”. His retirement may seem strange to onlookers as... 

Tweet Can you do player ratings after only two matches? Oh well, I’m going to do just that. Noor Ali  7/10  A compact batsmen, with some beautiful strokes, Noor Ali scored Afghanistan’s only fifty in the tournament. After that knock against India, IPL teams have made enquiries. Karm Sadiq 1/10  Only 2 runs in 2 innings shows his wild slogging doesn’t work against bowlers... 

Tweet After a heavy, demoralizing and at times embarrassing defeat at the hands of South Africa, Afghanistan’s dream trip, which started in the World Cricket League Division Five, has come to a close. After restricting the Proteas to a modest total of 139, Afghanistan’s top-order folded to give South Africa a 59-run victory. Despite the collapse, let’s make one thing... 

Tweet South African cricket team captain Graeme Smith said he and his men were wary of Afghanistan cricket team even after being one of the heavyweights of world cricket. He said that Afghanistan are a potential banana skin as they have many talented players and the big cricketing nations have never faced them. He continued that Afghanistan cricket team has overtaken all the the others in the minnow... 

Tweet Afghanistan cricket team were scheduled to fly to UK on April 18 and then from UK to Guyana in the West Indies by April 20. Afghanistan cricket team are scheduled to train in Guyana and play in some local matches before the World Cup Twenty20 to adjust to the local conditions. Afghanistan will also play two warm up games on April 27 and April 28 against West Indies and Ireland respectively.... 

Tweet Afghanistan had never won the ACC Elite Trophy previously but were still the clear favorites to win the Trophy. And the Afghanistan Cricket Team did not disappoint as they defeated Nepal convincingly by 95 runs in the final on April 9 to win the ACC Elite Trophy 2010. Afghanistan were the clear favorites to win the ACC Elite Trophy after a very good run in the last 18 months winning nearly every... 

Tweet Afghanistan and Ireland will make their base in Trinidad and Tobago as they make preparations ahead of the World Cup Twenty20. Both Afghanistan and Ireland are scheduled to be in action at Queen’s Park Oval during the local Carib Shield Twenty20 tournament quarter-final matches from April 20-23. Both the teams will arrive in Trinidad within the next few days and they will spend around a couple...