Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan fast bowler Aftab Alam suspended for one year

During the course of the World Cup, Alam was sent back home, and an official release mentioned that it was done 'in exceptional circumstances'. However, it later emerged that he was sent home following allegations of serious misbehaviour with a female guest at the team hotel in Southampton.

July 11, 2019

Afghan peace talks: Taliban agrees to reduce violence

Mutlaq bin Majid Al Qahtani said the resolution might be the first step to find an understanding between the conflicting parties.

July 9, 2019

12 killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing; many injured

The bombing which appeared to target a military base has been claimed by the Taliban.

July 7, 2019

CWC 2019: Gulbadin Naib praises Ikram Ali Khil for breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record

Khil, on Thursday, scored 86 against the West Indies, thus becoming the youngest batsman at the World Cup to reach the milestone surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's 84 in the 1992 edition of the mega event.

July 6, 2019

ICC Cricket World Cup: Farewell Chris Gayle

The 39-year-old played his first international match in 1999. He made his debut on 11 September 1999 in Toronto against India.

July 5, 2019

CWC 2019: Afghanistan’s Ikram Ali Khil breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s 27-year-old record

Ikram's 86 off 92 deliveries against the West Indies saw him move ahead of Tendulkar's best of 84 which came 27 years ago.

July 5, 2019

CWC 2019: West Indies register consolatory win over Afghanistan

The Windies started their innings with Evin Lewis and Chris Gayle. Gayle, who has not had a good World Cup so far, yet again failed to impress in his last innings of the 2019 World Cup as he fell to Dawlat Zadran on an individual score of 7.

July 5, 2019

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: West Indies opt to bat against Afghanistan

For the Windies, Evin Lewis and Kemar Roach came in for Sunil Ambris and Shannon Gabriel, whereas for Afghanistan, Dawlat Zadran and Sayed Shirzad came in for Hamid Hassan and Hashmatullah Shahidi.

July 4, 2019

CWC 2019: West Indies, Afghanistan face off for consolatory result

It doesn't matter whichever team wins this clash as it could not bother the World Cup points table, yet it is an important fight for both the teams to end their campaign with a consolatory smile on their faces.

July 4, 2019

CWC 2019: Win over Afghanistan a result of team effort, says Sarfaraz Ahmed

Pakistan have nine points from eight games and they are still in the race for the semi-finals. The Green Brigade will have to win their last league game and must be hoping that England lose at least one of their two remaining games.

June 30, 2019

CWC 2019: Fans detained after clashes during Afghanistan-Pakistan match

The fight started after an Afghan fan accidentally brushed past an old person who was a Pakistani supporter. In return, Pakistani fans who were at the spot started beating up Afghan fans which incited the supporters further and led to a critical law and order situation.

June 30, 2019

CWC 2019: Ice-cool Imad Wasim leads Pakistan to thrilling victory over Afghanistan

After restricting the already knocked out Afghanistan to 227/9, Pakistan made heavy weather of the target by losing wickets at regular intervals.

June 29, 2019

CWC 2019: Afghanistan, Pakistan fans clash at Headingley during match

While videos kept surfacing on Twitter of clashes between the two sets of fans outside the stadium throughout the first half of the game, media reports from the spot said that fans had to be evicted from the Headingley Cricket Ground.

June 29, 2019

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Afghanistan opt to bat against Pakistan

With 7 points from as many games, Pakistan are still in the contention of making it to the semi-finals. The Green Brigade need to win all their remaining matches and hope for favourable outcome to reach the knockout round.

June 29, 2019

CWC 2019: MS Dhoni’s innings against Windies was ‘top-rated’, says Jasprit Bumrah

Against West Indies, Dhoni once again started off slowly as he trudged in the beginning to get used to the pitch and scored only 20 runs off the first 40 deliveries he faced. However, the 37-year-old compensated for it in the later stage of the game as he ended up scoring 56 not out of 61 balls.

June 28, 2019

Iran Embassy rejects Pompeo’s accusations on terrorism

The embassy said: ''the miscalculations and wrong understanding of the US administration about other nations and many international and regional issues have aggravated the situation between the US and the rest of world. This is very clear and undeniable.''

June 27, 2019

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 62 runs

Shakib Al Hasan scored 51 off 69 balls before becoming the first Bangladeshi player to record a five-wicket haul in the tournament's history.

June 24, 2019