Tweet Hamid Hassan and Mohammad Nabi had a mixed day as they played for MCC against Pakistan at Lord’s today. Pakistan won the match by 6 runs. Hassan opened the bowling alongside Sri Lankan Chaminda Vaas for MCC. His first ball was driven into the covers for what should have been a dot ball, however, his team mate Nabi misfielded and the ball went for two. The day only got worse for Hassan... 

Tweet A last minute change of minds means that Rashid Latif will not become Afghanistan’s batting coach. According to the Cricket Post website, the decision was made due to pressure from the Afghanistan players. Kabir Khan, the coach, has already said he wanted an Australian or South African coach. This is unlikely, though, as pay and security are major obstacles in getting a coach from these... 

Tweet And before you ask, no, we don’t know when or where it’s coming out. All we know is that it has just premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival and it has received good reviews, including from cricket heavyweight Micheal Atherton.  Read More →

Tweet Afghanistan’s two best players, fast bowler Hamid Hassan and all-rounder Mohammad Nabi will feature for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) when they face Pakistan in a one-off Twenty20 match on 27th June at Lord’s. MCC has had a strong connection with Afghanistan cricket ever since a team led by Mike Gatting lost to Afghanistan in Mumbai. From that match, Hamid Hassan and... 

Tweet The 10th edition of the Asia cup started today in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, with the hosts playing Pakistan. It was a brilliant game as well: Shoaib Akhtar announcing his comeback (again) with a hostile spell, Shahid Afridi playing his most responsible knock, yet still hit seven sixes, Afridi smashing sixes and then doing his best impression of Cristiano Ronaldo (diving like a girl, although boom boom did... 

Tweet Kabul wrapped up a convincing win over Paktia in the finals of the Etisalat Afghanistan Domestic fifty-over tournament which is the country’s main inter-provincial tournament. This was the first ever domestic 50 over tournament and the capital province Kabul reigned as they emerged as the Afghanistan domestic 50 over champions. Kabul won the toss and elected to bat first. Paktia made... 

Tweet Kabul and Paktia prevailed in their semi-finals to reach the final of the inter-provincal 50-overs domestic tournament.  The semi-final matches were contrasting affairs: one an easy victory; the other a hard-fought win. The easy win was for Kabul, who thrashed Panjshir. Kabul batted first and put up a competitive score of 225/8 in their 50-overs. Panjshir, who haven’t played since group... 

Tweet In group D, the final group of the inter-provincal 50-over competition, Paktia saw off their opponents to become the final team to make the semi-finals. First of all, Nuristan beat Zabul by 19 runs in a close game. After Nuristan posted 244 all out in 40.3 overs, Zabul responded quickly before a spate of quick wickets left them 19 short. The second match of group D featured Kunduz and Parwan....