“I don’t know much about them, but I heard that some of their players picked up the game in Pakistan and played much of their cricket there. And they’re clearly useful.”
As well documented as Afghanistan’s rise has been, from the early days of playing cricket in the refugee camps of northern Pakistan in the 1990s through to becoming a full-member Test nation six years ago, it is still pretty remarkable to think how relatively unknown their men’s team was as recently as 2006.
