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…
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Out of the Ashes Trailer
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.
Hassan and Nabi to play for MCC against Pakistan
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…
Asia cup starts…without Afghanistan
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 have cramp) and then…
Kabul wrap up convincing win over Paktia in domestic finals
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…
Kabul and Paktia go through to the final
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.…
Paktia qualify for semi-finals
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…
Afghanistan team strike averted
A crisis meeting between the Afghanistan Cricket Board and national team players has agreed to establish a four-member group of “impartial” persons to find and present a solution to several of the players’ grievances in “three or four days time” to the ACB chairman, Hazrat Omer Zakhailwal. As reported on Tuesday, the Afghanistan players had quit…