News: Malaysia not second best in ACC U19?

I am jumping the gun, but the 2 semi finals have been decided in the ACC U19. It is Malaysia v Nepal, and Afghanista v UAE. The match ups are courtesy of Afghanistan’s upset victory over Malaysia on the opening day of the tournament.
Now lets say Afghanistan and Nepal make it to the finals, then Malaysia [...]

News: Afghanistan U19 beat Malaysia U19….

Malaysia U19 is quite strong…. they have only been beaten by Nepal in the finals of the ACC trophy in the last 5 years…… they have good infrastructure, good funding, good organization, good system, good facilities, and a good touring program. In that light, it was quite interesting to see Afghanistan U19 beat them, albiet [...]

Opinion: Afghanistan in the wrong league?

As the ACC Trophy has progressed….. it has looked more and more that Afghanistan is playing the wrong league….. today, in the semi final of the tournament, they have Hong Kong at 129/8, and I would be surprised if they dont chase it down for the loss of 3-4 wickets or less in 25 overs……..
It [...]

News: Afghanistan thrash Ditchlings CC and win tour 6-1

This was a very impressive tour by Afghanistan. I think that they considered Ditchlings CC to be a very weak opposition, hence they may have rested their best players in the process, but still managed to beat them by 95 runs in a 40 over game.
Their best performances were against the county 2nd XIs, to [...]

News: Afghanistan beat Leicestershire 2nd XI

I was unable to find the scorecard, but the Afghan victory has been confirmed. Afghanistan has managed to win both of their games against second XI opposition by a whisker, but the point is that they won, whereas you have other teams like Bermuda that get thrashed by second XI teams. But I still dont know how [...]

News: Afghanistan scrap past Essex 2nd XI….

Nothing else is available at the momment except for the following information:
Essex 2nd XI 238-9 off 40 overs (Will Jefferson 65, Graham Napier 96)
Afghanistan 242-9 off 39.2 overs (Napier 3-24)
Afghanistan won by one wicket
Now please someone explain to me, what is wrong with the ICC structure that the team that loses to English 2nd XI [...]

News: Afghanistan beat Royal Military Acedemy by 7 wkts….

I havent found the scorecard of this match yet. But here are the vital stats: Afgahnistan beat RMA by 7 wkts, with 20 overs to spare in this 40 over game. Nabi took 4-22, but was not called out to bat, I guess he wasnt required because RMA made only 129 runs.
I will update this [...]

News: Afghanistan beat Hoddesdon CC….

Well….. in reality it was an ametuer guest team from an English club, so I am not even sure whether this news should feature on this blog. Nonetheless a very good effort by Afghanistan who managed to score 347 runs in 40 overs!. Though the reply wasnt that bad either, ending up with Afghanistan winning [...]

News: Afghanistan’s England tour itenerary..

June 11 v Hoddesdon CC
June 14 v Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
June 15 v Glamorgan CCC, 2nd XI at Swansea CC
June 19 v Loughborough UCCE
June 20 v Essex CCC, 2nd XI at Billericay CC
June 21 v Leicestershire CCC, 2nd XI at Hinckley Town CC
June 22 v Ditchling CC, Sussex
Well…. the tour is starting in a weeks [...]

News: MCC recruits 2 Afghans for their cricket team

This is a slightly strange piece of news. MCC usually recruits European cricketers, either retired Englishmen or sometimes talented players from the 4 neighbouring countries. Good for Afghanistan that 2 of their players will get this benefit. I guess the massive thrashing they gave the MCC caused the recruiting.
I am not all that surprised, because [...]