Led by Asghar Afghan, Afghanistan are coming off a series win over Ireland where their performance has spoken volumes of their continued rise in world cricket. Playing just their second Asia Cup, Afghanistan enter the tournaments as underdogs. Led by Asghar Afghan, they are coming off a series win over Ireland in a three-match series where their performance…

Afghanistan thumped hosts New Zealand by 202 runs to storm into the semifinals of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup here at Christchurch on Thursday. After opting to bat first, Afghanistan scored 309 runs. Later they bowled out New Zealand on 107 in just 28.1 overs to set up a semi-final clash against Australia. Openers…

Ireland and Afghanistan’s desire to play consistent Test cricket is on the verge of fulfillment as both countries are scheduled to play a combined total of 29 Tests in the next cycle of the Future Tours Programme (2019-23). Ireland will play 16 Tests while Afghanistan are scheduled to play 13, in a calendar which is…