As the Afghanistan players dance on the outfield, I’ll say goodbye. Never forget, this is a result that has been made possible by Afghanistan being given the opportunity to grow and prosper over the last 20 years. A growing international sport is a healthy sport. When administrators do their best to go in the other direction and make the international game smaller, don’t forget nights like this.
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Ibrahim Zadran is the player of the match
That power play from Zadran and Gurbaz – as close to perfect as it comes. On the back of what we saw with Pakistan, it looked like boundaries would be difficult to come by with the field back so they struck a dozen of them in the first ten overs. Nothing outlandish, just putting away bad balls and backing themselves to do so.
