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Afghan cricket team return home to joyous welcome

“Our national cricket team returns home today and we have come to show them our appreciation for their achievement and to further encourage them.” — Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, finance minister and Afghan Cricket Board chairman  Click here to see more photos.

February 25, 2010 · admin · 2 Comments
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YES! Afghanistan comes from behind to defeat Canada!

After a tough four days of competition against the Canadian cricket team, the Afghan team pulled it together in the end, and handed the Canadians a loud defeat.  Afghanistan 264 and 494 for 4 (Shahzad 215, Nabi 80, Mangal 70) beat Canada 566 and 191 for 4 dec by six wickets at the Intercontinental Cup […]

February 23, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Afghanistan to be star attraction at bicycle race

Afghanistan will send six cyclists to participate in the 15th Tour de Pakistan.  The Tour de Pakistan, modeled after the Tour de France is a bicycle race race held in Pakistan in which riders cover 1,655 kilometres (1,028 miles). This year the race will begin on March 1st at Peshawar and end at Karachi on […]

February 20, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Winning streak continues for Afghan cricket team

Today, at the One Day International Series (ODI), Afghanistan 289 for 6 (Shahzad 118, Ali 114, Chohan 4-39) beat Canada 288 for 8 (Bagai 91, Cheema 61, Shenwari 4-31) by one run. The Canadians were tough opponents, but at the end of the day, the Afghans came through with a win. Mohammad Shahzad won Man-of-the-Match […]

February 16, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Icing on the cake – Afghanistan defeats Ireland, now ready to play with the Big Boys!

As reported here yesterday, Afghanistan’s cricket team defeated the United Arab Emirates yesterday thus securing themselves a place in the World Twenty20 finals. They took it a step further and beat Ireland by 8 wickets (with 15 balls remaining) in Dubai yesterday. Going to the West Indies to play in the World Twenty20 means Afghanistan’s […]

February 14, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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THEY DID IT! Afghan Team Is Going To The Caribbean!

Afghanistan 101 for 6 (Noor Ali 38, Stanikzai 26, Silva 2-14, Fayyaz 2-14) beat the United Arab Emirates 100 for 9 (Saqib 24, Nabi 3-17, Mirwais 2-15) by 4 wickets today. With this win, they have officially made it to the World Twenty20 finals in the West Indies which runs from April 30 to May […]

February 13, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Another team falls to Afghanistan!

In what many considered one of the most interesting matches this year, Afghanistan 135 for 4 (Mangal 30) beat team USA 106 for 7 (Hassan 3-14) by 29 runs.  This win confirms the Afghan team’s place in the Super Fours and puts them one step closer to playing at the World Twenty20 tournament scheduled to […]

February 11, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Yet another win and one step closer to World Twenty20

Yesterday, the Irish went down and today the Scots.  Afghanistan 131 for 7 (Noor Ali 42, Coetzer 3-25) beat Scotland 117 for 9 (McCallum 38, Hassan 3-32) by 14 runs in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers today at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.  The Afghan team will now move on to the next round.  […]

February 10, 2010 · admin · One Comment
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Afghan Cricket Team’s Winning Streak Continues

After beating Canada by 5 wickets last Thursday, the Afghan cricket team beat the Irish team today in the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Afghanistan 139-8 (20 ovs) beat Ireland 126 (19.2 ovs) by 13 runs. Interestingly enough, Afghanistan beat Ireland in last year’s World Cup qualifiers as well. Afghanistan’s goal […]

February 9, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Afghans Know Their Martial Arts!

Based on the results of the 2010 South Asian Games (currently being held in Bangladesh), Afghanistan definitely has some skilled martial artists.  In fact, the majority of the medals won so far have been in some sort of martial art.  Two more gold medals were added to the total medal count when Mohammad Tamim and […]

February 8, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Afghanistan wins GOLD in Wrestling

Abdul Karim Wakedi won Afghanistan’s first gold medal in Wrestling, and Sayed Massoud Hashemi won Afghanistan’s third gold medal in Taekwondo, in this year’s South Asian Games (SAG) currently being held Bangladesh. Other winners: – Noor Ahmad Ahmad won a silver in Wrestling – Sayed Khalid Hashemi won a bronze in Wresting – Abas Hasani won […]

February 7, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Afghanistan adds more medals to their count!

Afghanistan added 2 more gold medals, 5 silver medals, and 3 more bronze medals today in the 2010 South Asian Games (SAG) being held in Bangladesh.  The total medal count is now 16. In the sport of Taekwondo, Mohammad Haidari won a gold in the Under 63KG group, and Sayed Hasan Rezai won a gold in […]

February 6, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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