It was a treat to watch Afghanistan play India in the U 19 world cup, I wasnt sure who I should be cheering for, the defending champions or the afghanistan team. Noor-Ul- Haq, played a captain's innings of 61 to take the afghanistan team to a respectable score of 118 all out. Zaki is a another player to look out for in the future. Of the 16 teams that competed in the tournamnet, afghanistan though in the bottom half did not fair as badly as the US team, which i am sure will being some cheer. I look forward to seeing this young team taking on some of the greats in the years to come.
I have seen some of them play on the ISAF grounds once before against an English county team, wish more teams would come to kabul and play cricket!
Does anyone know whats so special about Nangarhar and cricket, half the team was from there?
is the province close to pakistan - that could be a reason for the love of cricket! :)
ReplyDeleteMathur, it does share a border with Pakistan, Spot on :)
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