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 ...
Afghanistan team strike averted
// Jun 5th, 2010
Video highlights of domestic cricket
// Jun 3rd, 2010
As Shamshad TV in Afghanistan have been broadcasting the matches, we have video highlights for you.
The first video contains the Laghman and Paktika match. Laghman (light blue) won this match by 39 runs.
Logar vs Jozjan features in the next video. Logar (red) came out easy winners in this game – by a huge...
Kabul through to the semi-finals
// Jun 3rd, 2010
In group C of the inter-provincal domestic competition, Kabul won its way through to the semi-finals. The first match in this group featured the strong Logar and the minnows Jowzjan. Logar, from the east of the country, unsurprisingly annihilated Jowzjan. Such was their margin of victory (10 wickets and 242...
Rashid Latif named as Afghanistan batting coach
// Jun 2nd, 2010
Rashid Latif, the former Pakistan captain, batsman and wicket-keeper, has been appointed by the Afghanistan cricket board as the national team batting coach. He will finalise the agreement when he travels to Kabul on the 15th June. Of course, Kabir Khan, who has done an excellent job, will stay as the head coach.
The...
All Afghanistan team members resign from Netherlands tour
// Jun 1st, 2010
It appears that the players who appeared in the squad to tour the Netherlands have quit this particular tour in protest at the team selection.
Raees Ahmadzai, the recentley retired player (although he now wants to play 50-over cricket), said this on his Facebook page: “all team resgine from Holland tour bcz...
Afghanistan squad announced for Netherlands tour
// May 30th, 2010
The Afghanistan cricket board has announced the squad for the World Cricket League Division One to be played in the Netherlands.
The squad is as follows:
1. Noor Ali
2. Karim Sadiq
3. Mohammad Shahzad
4. Nowrooz Mangal (C)
5. Asghar Stanakzai
6. Mohammad Nabi
7. Shabir Noori
8. Murad Ali
9. Javed Ahmadi
10. Hameed...
Panjshir and Laghman are the first two semi-finalists
// May 28th, 2010
Panjshir and Laghman have become the first two teams to qualfiy for the semi-finals of Afghanistan’s inter-provincial 50-over competition.
Last Sunday, Panjshir, a province in the north-west of the country, qualified out of group A with a win over the heavily supported Khost. Unfortunately, Khost provided...
Afghanistan’s domestic competition starts tomorrow
// May 16th, 2010
Afghanistan’s inter-provincial domestic competition will start tomorrow, Monday 17th May, and will go on until the 4th June. Twenty four out of Afghanistan’s thirty four provinces will compete in this domestic trophy. The matches will be played on a turf wicket in the capital Kabul.
“This is a fifty-over...
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