Afghanistan success in Australia and New Zealand would be a fairytale story for a host of reasons. There is the obvious political side of their tale, yet their rise on the field has been nothing short of remarkable.
Australia have deservedly risen back to the top of the ODI rankings and playing on home soil they will be hard to beat. They will never recover from the death of Phillip Hughes, but can the country use it as motivation?
The UAE take on Afghanistan in a four match ODI series starting on Friday as both sides bolster their preparations ahead of 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.
As the news filtered through that Afghanistan had beaten Kenya in Sharjah to confirm their place in World Cup 2015 I sat on my UK sofa and punched the air. We are not particularly pre-programmed in the western world to celebrate Afghanistan achievements,
Zimbabwe will finally enjoy international cricket when they host associate nation Afghanistan in July.
In addition to this website, we now have our very own radio show on Radio Yorkshire every Tuesday evening between 7pm and 9pm UK time hosted by James Buttler.
Afghanistan team captain Mohammad Nabi’s father was freed recently after being abducted from his car in the city of Jalalabad a few months ago.
Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne have been confirmed as captains in this year’s MCC v Rest of the World match at Lord’s. Tendulkar and Warne, who are both Honorary Life Members of the Club, will lead the MCC and Rest of the World teams respectively in the Lord’s Bicentenary 50-over celebratory match on 5 July.
Kathy Cross, the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) first woman umpire believes that officiating in the men’s match is not difficult.
Amateur and professional photographers from around the world are being encouraged to submit their best cricket-themed images taken during 2013, as Wisden and MCC have teamed-up to run the renowned global photographic competition for a fourth successive year.
