Year: 2010

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 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…

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 foundation stone for Afghanistan’s first cricket stadium was laid by Chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board and Afghanistan Finance Minister Dr. Omar Zakhilwal. The stadium will be built in the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Township which is situated 15 kilometers east of Jalalabad city on the Jalalabad – Torkham Highway in the eastern Afghan province…

The Sharjah Cricket Stadium has been named as the ‘home ground’ for Afghanistan for hosting ODI and first-class cricket. The grant was made by Abdulrahman Bukhatir after the continuous rise of Afghanistan in world cricket even though they do not have even one proper cricket ground in Afghanistan. Sharjah Cricket Stadium is incidentally the stadium…