Official Afghanistan cricket thread

[Haris]

Afghanistan the
team to beat

ESPNcricinfo staff
November 1, 2011


Pre-tournament favourites Afghanistan will open their ACC Twenty20 Cup campaign
with a tough match against Hong Kong on December 3, according to fixtures
announced by the Asian Cricket Council.

Group A consists of Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Oman, Kuwait and Maldives, while Group
B features the fancied Nepal side along with Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Bhutan
and Saudi Arabia.

The tournament forms part of the qualifying process for ICC World Twenty20 2012 in
Sri Lanka. The top three teams from this competition, in addition to Afghanistan who
have pre-qualified, join the Associate teams with ODI in the 16-team ICC World
Twenty20 Qualifier to be played in the UAE in early 2012.

The other regional teams in the qualifier will come from Europe (2), Africa (2),
Americas (2) and East Asia - Pacific (1).



Afghanistan the team to beat - ACC Twenty20 Cup | Cricket News | Cricinfo ICC Site | ESPN Cricinfo




Our group:




Upcoming fixtures:

[Punjabi]

Nobody CAN beat INDIA , nigguh

[Haris]

It seems that Hong Kong has been replaced with Malaysia.
The match should be on the same date.

[Haris]

The scorecard for the Afghanistan/Malaysia match:








I don't know much about cricket.
Can anyone translate what the above means?
Who won the match?

[graveyardofempires]

The scorecard for the Afghanistan/Malaysia match:








I don't know much about cricket.
Can anyone translate what the above means?
Who won the match?

what do you want em to translate

O = overs
M = dont knwo
R = runs(points)
W = wide(as wrong ball which gave the one point)

[Insaaf_انصاف]

India still the best at cricket lol

[Haris]

what do you want em to translate

O = overs
M = dont knwo
R = runs(points)
W = wide(as wrong ball which gave the one point)

I just want to know if we won or lost and by how much we won or lost.

[graveyardofempires]

I just want to know if we won or lost and by how much we won or lost.

ít seems we won

[Haris]

It seems that you are correct


Afghans win ACC Twnety20
Cup opener



KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan thrashed Malaysia by 53 runs in the ACC Twenty20 Cricket
Cup opener played in Nepal on Saturday, an official said.

Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat in the inaugural match, the national
team manager, Shafiq Stanikzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News from Nepal over the
telephone.

The national side managed to pile up 166 runs in the stipulated overs for the loss of
four wickets. Shabir Noori top-scored with 53, Karim Sadiq contributed 39, Asghar
Stanikzai 24, Mohammad Shahzad 20 and Nawroz Mangal 12.

Stanikzai said the Malaysians could not cope with fierce bowling from Mohammad Nabi,
who got three wickets. Samiullah Shinwari and Hameed Hassan clinched two wickets
each. Noori was declared the Man of the Match.

Afghanistan are placed in Group-A along with Oman, Malaysia, Bhutan and the
Maldives, while Group-B consist of Nepal, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait
and Saudi Arabia.

The tournament forms part of the qualifying process for the ICC World Twenty20 2012
to be held in Sri Lanka. The top three teams from the competition will join the top six
Associate and Affiliate teams with ODI status in the 16-team ICC World Twenty20
Qualifier in the UAE in early 2012.

Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands and Scotland have already
qualified.


Afghans win ACC Twnety20 Cup opener | Pajhwok Afghan News




Good stuff!

[graveyardofempires]

^
Awsome

[Haris]

Afghanistan thrash Oman by
40 runs



KABUL (PAN): Continuing their unbeaten run, Afghanistan thrashed Oman by 40 runs in
their Asian Cricket Council Twenty-20 Cup match in Nepal, officials said on Sunday.

Afghanistan won the toss and selected to bat first, national team manager, Shafiq
Stanikzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News over the telephone from Kathmandu.

In the stipulated 20 overs, Afghans scored 117 runs. In response, Oman were bundled
out for a paltry 77 runs, the manager said, expressing pleasure over the convincing
win.

Group A consists of Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Oman, Kuwait and the Maldives, while
Group B features the fancied Nepal side along with Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates,
Bhutan and Saudi Arabia.

The Afghanistan Cricket Board says the top two teams from the tournament will
qualify for the International Cricket Council World Twenty20 Cup to be held in 2012.

On the first days of the tournament, Afghanistan trounced Malaysia by 59 runs.



Afghanistan thrash Oman by 40 runs | Pajhwok Afghan News



This is excellent. We have already qualified but there is no harm in practicing against these other teams.

Next match is on December 6 against Kuwait.

[graveyardofempires]

Hey Haris
where can we watch some of these videos yaar?

[Haris]

There are no genuine websites that stream the matches & I could not find any sites that host any videos of the tournament.

However, you can receive live text updates of all matches here: Asian Cricket Council | Facebook
You can also see some images of the matches there.

[Haris]

Yet another win for Afghanistan, this time against Bhutan.
We are top of the table with 3 wins in a row.
Tommorow we face Bhutan again but in football.

Next cricket match is tommorow against the Maldives.



Full match report:

[Haris]

4 wins out of 4.
Maldives defeated.
Great news.


Full match report: