Year: 2010

The Afghanistan Cricket Board have announced the cricket squad for the 16th Asian Games to held in Guangzhou, China. Nawroz Mangal (Captain) Mohammad Nabi Mirwais Ashraf Karim Sadiq (vice-captain) Mohammad Shahzad Hamid Hassan Samiullah Shenwari Noor Ali Asghar Stanikzai Shapoor Zardan Pamir Hussini Aftab Alam Khaliq Dad Gulbadeen Naib Javed Ahmadi Reserve players: Dawlat Ahmadzai,…

A tough chase was made to look comfortable, as Afghanistan won by 6 wickets over Canada on the first day of the WCL Division One. Set 258, Afghanistan had good contributions all the way down to help them get across the line. The opening partnership of Noor Ali and Shabir Noori laid a decent platform with 48 runs…

The World Cricket League Division One begins with three matches on the opening day. Afghanistan will face Canada in their first match, while Ireland play Kenya and the Netherlands meet Scotland. Afghanistan will go into the tournament joint favourites with the usual dominant force in associate cricket, Ireland. Unlike most of the other teams, Afghanistan will have all…

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 Mohammad…