365notout wrote:Afghanistan have been a joy to watch of late. Have progressed hugely and in a quicker period of time than any international cricket team around.
when you look at the history of Afghanistan people it isn't really a surprise.
loads of quality pashtuns cricketers out there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashtunswhich is india and pakistan is known as pathans
here are famous pathans
Imran Khan
Shahid Afridi
Majid khan
Misbah ul haq
Umar gul
Junaid khan
Younis khan
Yusuf pathan
irfan pathan
Just like pakistan afghanistan has loads of raw cricketers and because it is so close to pakistan and india a lot of the cricketer have played the game.
if anything it is a surprise it took so long for cricket to get into Afghanistan when you considering the close ties it has with Pakistan, the history the local people had with the game.
if you believe pakistani people their always said if you wanna get the best cricketing talent go near the Pakistan/Afghanistan border mountains.
You have to start believing that claim now when you consider how quick afghanistan have risen through the ranks, especially when you consider how raw afghanistan are even in associate level, the batsman are the most flair and attacking, the bowlers are the quickest, their not like Ireland, Scotland where the players are professional, grafting for runs and making the most out of what their have, their literally need to improve loads, batsman needs to improve technique and bowlers need to get the radar right.
I will say the biggest disappointed so far from afghanistan is that their haven't done anything in the ICC events, should qualify for the 2nd stage of the t20 this time.