India are the new World Champions
India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup to become the new World Champions. As many of you know might know, I am an Indian and this is a historic moment for all of us Indians as we have been able to win the coveted trophy after a gap of 28 years. We were the first country to break the winning record of the West Indies when we won in 1983. And now after a gap of 28 years, we have again broken the winning record of Australia who won the last ...
Hamid Hassan and Mohammad Nabi to play for MCC
Afghanistan national cricket team players Hamid Hassan and Mohammad Nabi have been selected by MCC to play on behalf of MCC for the curtain raiser of the English county season against current champion Nottinghamshire on March 27 - March 31. They also play for the MCC in the Twenty20 side as they take on Nottinghamshire, Durham, Sussex and a select Fly Emirates side, in the Emirates Airline Twenty20 Trophy on 1 April. Hassan and Nabi will be playing with legends such as Rahul Dravid from India who is the top star in the MCC champion county team. In the Twenty20 ...
Afghanistan win Intercontinental Cup
Afghanistan 171 and 124 for 3 (Shahzad 56*) beat Scotland 212 and 82 (Ashraf 3-8, Shenwari 3-15, Hassan 3-39) by seven wickets Scorecard Another chapter was added to the amazing story of Afghanistan cricket as they won the Intercontinental Cup in Dubai. After two days of twists and turns Afghanistan surged ahead on the third day, winning comfortably by seven wickets over Scotland. Scotland began the day on 64-6 with an 105-run lead, but they were quickly shot out in a hostile spell of bowling from Hamid Hassan and Mirwais Ashraf. Afghanistan sledged the Scottish batsmen relentlessly and the intimidatory tactic seemed to work. Scotland only added ...
Afghanistan prepare to face Scotland in IC final
Afghanistan will later today look to cap off a remarkable year for the side as they begin their five-day Intercontinental Cup Final match against Scotland. The game will be played in Dubai, at the same venue where Afghanistan sealed their place in the World T20 at the start of the year. The Intercontinental Cup began in August 2009 against a Zimbabwe XI for Afghanistan and they have played in six games overall, winning five and drawing just one as they easily topped the league stage of the tournament. A notable highlight in their run to the final was beating defending champions Ireland in Sri Lanka, while they also ...
Bangladesh defeat Afghanistan to win gold
Bangladesh narrowly defeated Afghanistan by 5 wickets with just 3 balls remaining to win gold in the Asian Games. A late burst from lower-order batsmen Sabbir Rahman of 33 runs off 18 balls took the game from an Afghan side who looked at one stage to be comfortably winning. After an impressive victory over Pakistan confidence was high in the Afghanistan camp but they were quickly under the cost as Bangladesh reduced them to 66-6. However, just as in the last match, youngster Shabir Noori and the consistent Asghar Stanikzai steadily re-built - this time with a valuable 34 run partnership. Noori fell for 25 but Stanikzai stayed ...
Cricket fixtures for Asian Games announced
// Aug 19th, 2010
The Asian Cricket Council has released the fixtures for the cricket competition in the 16th Asian Games.
The teams are divided into four groups. Group C and D teams will have to compete among themselves first and then two from each group will qualify to play with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
Afghanistan...
Afghanistan not to tour Pakistan this year
// Aug 19th, 2010
Afghanistan lose final game
// Aug 17th, 2010
Afghanistan ended a good tour on a bad note as Scotland levelled the series with a thumping win. Having won the toss, the Afghan batsmen could only manage a paltry 120 all-out in 40.2, and only four men made it to double figures. Despite the loss of early wickets, Scotland got to the target with only 4 wickets...
Shahzad and Sadiq lead Afghanistan to another big win
// Aug 16th, 2010
Amazing batting from Karim Sadiq and Mohammad Shahzad helped Afghanistan to a massive 9-wicket win against Scotland in the first ODI. The two top-order batsmen scored centuries as Afghanistan had no trouble in overcoming Scotland’s score of 224-9 in 50 overs.
Scotland won the toss and elected to bat, hoping...
Afghanistan look to continue winning ways against Scotland
// Aug 16th, 2010
Afghanistan will aim to repeat the success they had in beating Scotland in the four-day game, when they face the same opponents in two ODIs. The first match starts later today, while the second game – and the final game of the tour – is tomorrow. Both games will be played in Ayr, at the same ground...
Teams confirmed for Asian Games
// Aug 16th, 2010
The teams for the Twenty20 cricket event in the Asian Games in Guangzhou, the XVI Asiad, have been confirmed.
Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore and Sri Lanka will compete along with Afghanistan. India announced that they won’t be sending a team a few months due to...
Hassan stars as Afghanistan win
// Aug 15th, 2010
Afghanistan 435 (Shenwari 102, Stanikzai 93) and 249 for 5 dec (Shahzad 105*) beat Scotland 139 (Nel 36, Hassan 6-40) and 316 (Chalmers 67, Hassan 5-114) by 229 runs
Hamid Hassan followed up his six wickets in the first innings with another five in the second, as Afghanistan beat Scotland by 229 runs to go to the...
Late declaration gives lifeline to Scotland
// Aug 13th, 2010
Scotland 139 and 95 for 2 (Chalmers 37* Berrington 5*) require another 451 runs to beat Afghanistan 435 and 249 for 5 dec (Shahzad 105* Haq, 2-66) with eight wickets remaining
The wisdom of not following-on was questioned last night – and it’s is now clear why. Afghanistan batted well today, but the decision...
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