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    Afghan Players Nominated For Major Cricket Award



    On October 6th of this year, the International Cricket Council (ICC), in association with the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA), will hold the prestigious 2010 LG ICC Awards ceremony in Bangalore, India. Awards will be given out in various different categories. In the Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year category, two members of Afghanistan’s national cricket team have been nominated – Batsman Mohammad Shahzad and Middle-Order Batsman and Spin Bowler Samiullah Shinwari. This is the first time that an Afghan cricket player has been nominated for an ICC award.
    The other nominees are: Ashish Bagai (Canada), Richie Berrington (Scotland), Muddassar Bukhari (Scotland), Tom Cooper (Netherlands), Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands), Trent Johnston (Ireland), Kevin O’Brien (Ireland),and Paul Stirling (Ireland).
    The nominations were made by a five-man ICC selection panel. It was chaired by former West Indies captain and current chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee, Clive Lloyd. The winner of the award will be selected by a group of 25 cricket personalities (former players, members of the media, and representatives of the elite panels of ICC umpires and referees) from around the world.
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    A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

    For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


    The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

    -Ferishta, 1560–1620
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  • #2
    Thanks for sharing Admkn

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    • #3
      I hope they win.

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      • #4
        Cool!

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        • #5
          Originally posted by PashtunQueen
          I wish they win.
          When Afghans dedicate themselves to something. They suceed.

          Afghans have been on the moon, we have had scientists and a lot more.

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          • #6
            I am not in favor of Pashtuns playing cricket. Most of the cricketing nations and all of the top cricketing nations of the world are Commonwealth members, which means that they were once slaves of the British. Cricket is an extension of British cultural domination. It is a sport for British subjects. Pashtuns should focus on football instead.

            Just my two Islamic gold dinars.
            "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be".

            "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives".

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