Afghanistan Cricket Thread

[The Professor]

For all Afghanistan based content.

[The Professor]

Felt sorry for a young Afghanistan batsmen today.

Khost were playing Kandahar today in a 50-over game and batted second.

Kandahar has set them 245 runs.

Opener Emal got 138 runs and the other ten batsmen got 75 between them - with 5 getting ducks.

Be looking for a transfer if I were him?

[The Professor]

Another Afghanistan star in the offing?

Mohammad Sabir is a 16 year old wicketkeeer batsman who has got 122 and 93 in his first two list A games.

Weirdly he has done better since being promoted form the Under 16s league which bodes well.

[GGAS]

When do they play international cricket next?

[The Professor]

Not til November

[The Professor]

A Najeeb Tarakai led Nangahar won the Afghanistan 50 over competition against Kabul today.

Chasing 273, Tarakai bagged 121 in 90 balls to make the job easier for his side. His 9 sixes in an innings was the most in this year's competition.

[The Professor]

A Najeeb Tarakai led Nangahar won the Afghanistan 50 over competition against Kabul today.

Chasing 273, Tarakai bagged 121 in 90 balls to make the job easier for his side. His 9 sixes in an innings was the most in this year's competition.

The last time I posted on this thread it was to praise Tarakai. Today he died after sustaining injuries in a car crash last week. He had been placed in a medical coma but took a turn for the worse over the last 48 hours.

[Arthur Crabtree]

A problem with the credibility of Afghanistan cricket when the Test team loses by 546 runs to... Bangladesh.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Wonder if the recent political changes have altered the effectiveness of the team, and also its practicality as an opponent.

[The Professor]

Today, Afghanistan's Allah Ghazanfar achieved his second ODI five-for, finishing with 5-33 against Zimbabwe, who were dismissed for 127 in the third ODI.

The 19-year-old has had a great start to his career and made his ODI debut earlier this year. In 11 games, the off-spinner has taken 21 wickets at an average of 13.57. In the format, he takes a wicket every 20 balls and has already claimed two five-fors, the most recent of which was on Saturday against Zimbabwe

In seven ODI matches, Ghazanfar has taken at least one wicket, including three or more on four occasions. He has taken a five-for twice, the first time being last month when he scored 6-26 against Bangladesh.

Only two players have previously been able to match his incredible start. The only two players to record multiple ODI five-fors before turning 19 are Waqar Younis and Rashid Khan. Only seven players have taken five wickets in the format before turning 19, with Mujeeb Ur Rahman, an Afghanistan player with one five-for, ranking third.

The only two bowlers to average less than 15 were Rashid (14.74) and Ghazanfar (13.57), who also had the highest bowling average of any player who took at least 20 ODI wickets before turning 19. Rashid is once again in second place with a strike rate of 22.2 prior to turning 19, while Ghazanfar has the greatest strike rate of 20.

[The Professor]

Looks like we might have the old Rashid Khan back

[The Professor]

First bowler since 2007 to register back to back tenfers

[andy]

Afghanistan look like they are heading towards a heavy defeat towards Zimbabwe in the first test!!

[andy]

Jonathan Trott will step down as head coach after the T20 world cup