Cricket Update: Afghanistan Cricketers wish to take home the Trophy
A year with wonders from the start for Afghanistan cricket. Winning of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Dubai in February was a moment no one will ever forget, having the chance to play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and South Africa at the ICC World Twenty20 in the Caribbean
was amazing and beating Pakistan at the Asian Games and securing a silver medal was one of the greatest moments for their team.
It would have obviously been nice to win the gold medal but the fact that they pushed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 so close, particularly a strong team led by somebody as accomplished as Mohammad Ashraful, showed that Afghanistan deserve a chance to play against the big teams
on a more regular basis. They need exposure against some of the top ODI nations if they want to improve, and that will be their wish for Word Cup 2011.
While the excitement of Asian Games held in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/China-c40996, the campaign will not be forgotten in a hurry, they are all looking forward to their latest challenge, which is to win the ICC Intercontinental Cup against Scotland that is to be held in Dubai. As they have
beaten http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 in the group stages and have enjoyed a good record against them, but in addition they know that have to play well in order to take them on their knees.
Although the ICC Intercontinental Cup is not very popular among the cricket lovers. Moreover, most of the people don’t even not know about such a cup but it is an important tournament for the teams like Afghanistan, Scotland, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751, and many others where
cricket is played as a secondary game. Their game has also improved a lot because of playing in the tournament and that has helped them in the shorter format as well.
You certainly have to be a lot fitter to last a four-day game as that has helped Afghanistan become a better fielding side as well. The fact that Ireland, who has set the standards in Associate cricket in recent times, have won the previous three titles,
shows that you need to be an excellent team to win this trophy.
Players of Afghanistan cricket team excited that the final is being played over five days, as it will be like playing Test cricket, so they are keener to perform well. As a five-day game makes you work harder to take wickets as there is less pressure on
the batsmen to score quickly, so they take less risks.
They have been training at the new ICC Global Cricket Academy, where the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 players prepared for the recent Test Match in Dubai, an amazing facility. They also wishes that they should have something similar back home, but at least
things are moving in the right direction in that regard and they are all excited about the building of new cricket stadiums in Kabul and Jalalabad. However, a need to have lots of pitches all over Afghanistan to ensure that in the future we can have the best
young players in the world.
They have had their final day of training today ahead of the final starting on Thursday and the team members all of them are hoping that thousands of Afghans living in Dubai will come, support them, and cheer them up as they did at the Twenty20 Qualifier.
To lift another trophy this year would be a special moment for the team of Afghanistan and they would quite like to add another medal to their collection. Hope for the best that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 will win this match, celebrate their victory, bring trophy back home,
and share their happiness with the people of their nation.
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