Less than four years after playing their first tournament against teams including Japan and Norway, Afghanistan will write a new chapter in their remarkable rise with a One-day International against Pakistan on Friday.
Afghanistan, unable to host matches during a decade of war between NATO forces and the Taliban, won their initial tournament in Jersey in May 2008.
They qualified for the Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean two years later and then came within touching distance of a place at last year's 50 overs World Cup in the Asian sub-continent.
The players' consolation was to secure One-day International status and Friday's match in their adopted cricketing home of Sharjah is a chance to test themselves against a Pakistan side who whitewashed England in the recent three-match Test series.
Source:http://www.rediff.com/cricket/slide-show/slide-show-1-afghanistan-cricket-pakistan-misbah-icc-japan-norway/20120209.htm
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