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Australia's Pat Cummins (L) celebrates with teammates after dismissing India's captain Virat Kohli as India is all out for only 36 runs on the third day of the first cricket Test match between Australia and India played in Adelaide on 19 December 2020. Picture: AFP

Afghanistan cricket team

Australia postpones its first-ever Afghanistan cricket Test

By AFP

After the Taliban ousted Afghanistan's elected government in August, senior leaders said Afghan women would no longer play cricket, or any other sport. Senior...

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  • Afghanistan spinner  Spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman (centre) celebrates a wicket with teammates during their ICC T20 World Cup match against Scotland on 25 October 2021. Picture: @T20WorldCup/Twitter

    Spin warning: Mujeeb bags five as Afghanistan crush Scotland by 130 runs

    Chasing a daunting 191 for victory, Scotland were skittled out for 60 in 10.2 overs with five batters dismissed for ducks in Sharjah.

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    The Test, scheduled for Perth in late November, would have been the first played between cricketing superpower Australia and minnows Afghanistan.

    609 days ago
  • Former South Africa cricketer Hylton Deon Ackerman. Picture: @ACBOfficials/Twitter.

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    849 days ago
  • West Indies' Rahkeem Cornwall delivers a ball during the third day of the only cricket Test match between Afghanistan and West Indies at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on 29 November 2019. Picture: AFP.

    Cornwall takes 10 as West Indies crush Afghanistan in just over two days

    Cornwall took a match haul of 10 wickets as the West Indies bowled out Afghanistan for 120 on day three and reached their target of 31 to seal the win in just over an hour of the first session in Lucknow.

    910 days ago
  • Proteas legend Lance Klusener. Picture: @ACBofficials/Twitter

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    973 days ago
  • Australia's David Warner. Picture: cricketworldcup.com

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    1092 days ago
  • FILE: Afghanistan fast bowler Hamid Hassan. Picture: AFP

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  • Afghan cricketers celebrate their historic Test win over Ireland on 18 March 2019. Picture: @ACBofficials/Twitter

    Afghanistan beat Ireland for historic first Test victory

    Rahmat Shah and Ihsanullah Janat scored the fifties for the war-torn country as they chased down 147 for victory on day four in Dehradun, India.

    1166 days ago
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