Afghanistan
WCL5 Round-up
World Cricket League Division Five gets under-way in Jersey in less than two weeks, and teams are warming-up with varying degrees of success.
Nepal played the Pakistan Cricket Academy, losing the first two matches but gaining an unlikely win in the last. Vanuatu lost 2-0 to Fiji in a three match series, whilst Singapore whitewashed Malaysia […]
Posted: May 13th, 2008 under Japan, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Nepal, Jersey, Singapore, Fiji, Vanuatu.
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Mohammad Nabi in the runs
Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi is playing in Pakistan’s ABN-AMRO Cup for Pakistan Customs and scored an unbeaten 112 from 103 balls for them against Karachi Zebras on Saturday. More here.
Posted: March 25th, 2008 under Afghanistan.
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What a final!
The final of the ACC Twenty20 Cup between Afghanistan and Oman went right down to the wire, with all three results possible from the final delivery. The result was a tie, and I’d go so far as to say that it looks like it was one of the best cricket matches in a long time. […]
Posted: November 2nd, 2007 under Afghanistan, Oman.
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ACC Twenty20 underway
The first ACC Twenty20 Cup is underway, and the first day’s play saw Nepal beat Malaysia, Afghanistan beat Qatar, the UAE beat Kuwait and Singapore beat Hong Kong. Read my full report on the days play at CricketEurope here.
So far on the second day, the UAE picked up their second win, beating Singapore, and Qatar […]
Posted: October 28th, 2007 under UAE, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Nepal, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuwait, Qatar.
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Afghans in first-class action
Five Afghanistan players will be playing first-class cricket in Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the coming months, with another three set to join them.
Karim Khan Sadeq, Shahpur Zadran and Dawlat Ahmadzai will be playing for Badureliya Sports Club in Sri Lanka, with Hasti Gul, Raees Ahmadzai and Nowroz Mangal set to join them in the […]
Posted: October 19th, 2007 under Afghanistan.
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Something we missed
BTB does sometimes miss big news from the world of non-test cricket, which is unfortunate to say the least. Back at the beginning of July, the MCC played Sri Lanka A in a three-day first-class match at Arundel Castle.
In the MCC team was Afghanistan international Mohammad Nabi, who became the first Afghani to play first-class […]
Posted: August 6th, 2007 under Afghanistan.
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Europe squeak home against the MCC
Europe have beaten the MCC at Lord’s after almost doing their best to lose the game. The MCC batted first and were quickly reduced to 94/6 thanks to three wickets from Scotland’s John Blain. John Stephenson (51) and Scottish player Alan Duncan (40) rebuilt with a 89 run partnership for the seventh wicket, Stephenson being […]
Posted: June 8th, 2007 under Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, Denmark, Afghanistan.
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Tough Twenty20 draws for Kenya and Scotland
The draw has been made for the first Twenty20 World Cup, and Scotland and Kenya handed tough first round groups.
The tournament will feature four first round groups of three teams each. Kenya will be in Group C with New Zealand and Sri Lanka, whilst Scotland will be in Group D with India and Pakistan. The […]
Posted: March 19th, 2007 under Scotland, Kenya, Netherlands, Denmark, UAE, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Nepal, Canada, Oman, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Singapore, Kuwait, Qatar.
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Afghan Army beat Royal Marines
Fortunately, it wasn’t a contest on the battle field, but a contest on the cricket field. The Afghanistan Army bowled first against a Royal Marines side, and bowled them out for just 56 in 14 overs and then knocked off the runs in just 12.
Cricket is a growing sport in Afghanistan, and the national side […]
Posted: January 2nd, 2007 under Afghanistan.
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Year in review: Part Seven
Our year in review series now moves onto the affiliates, looking at Afghanistan through to Bhutan.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan secured their status as the top Asian affiliate with a third placed finish in the ACC Trophy in August, giving them a spot in Division Five of the World Cricket League in 2008. The disappointment of losing to Bahrain […]
Posted: December 17th, 2006 under General, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Austria, Belize, Bahamas.
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