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Death or Glory for Afghanistan
Never a team to do things by halves, especially when the cameras are trained upon them, the Afghanistan national team are staking their future as cricketers on the ICC World Cricket League Division 5, taking place in Jersey at the end of the month.
If they finish in the top two, they move up the ladder and take on Fiji, Hong Kong, Italy and Tanzania in Division 4, where a top two finish gets them to Division 3. Their goal is the 2011 World Cup. "If we don't get there, we have no future," says Raees Ahmadzai, one of the senior members of the team in a documentary being filmed by an English crew who will follow them on their quest, Out of the Ashes.
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Talent Search Underway in China
With the specific aim of creating a team in time for the Guangzhou Asian Games in November of 2010, ACC Development Officer for China and national coach Rashid Khan have embarked upon a rigorous search for playing talent. Six Chinese coaches (Level I certified) are assisting Aminul Islam and Rashid Khan as they hold intensive three-to five day training across secondary schools, colleges and universities in May in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shenyang and Tianjin. |
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Nepal Prepare for WCL with PCB
The Pakistan Cricket Board Academy team, fresh from a triumphant tour of Bangladesh where they won both 4-day Tests and a triangular series also featuring South Africa, are in Kathmandu to play three one-day matches. Nepal will be using the matches as preparation for the ICC World Cricket League Division 5 in Jersey at the end of May.
A top-two finish in that twelve-nation event will move them closer to the 2011 World Cup.
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Women's Asia Cup in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka host the fourth Women's Asia Cup starting on May 2, with the field expanded to include Bangladesh for the first time. India are defending champions and are looking to continue their sequence of victories. "The overall standard of play will be much better in this event, "says former Indian captain and Chair of the ACC Women's Committee Shubhangi Kulkarni, "Pakistan have come on strongly in the past two years and have qualified for next year’s World Cup. |
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Afghanistan Cricket Takes to the Provinces
Helmand province in south-west Afghanistan held a five-day cricket tournament between eight teams in April. Six local sides as well as one formed by Afghan Telecoms company Roshan played against a representative side of the national team. |
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Singapore's Sagar Hits World's First Twenty20 200
28-year old Sagar Kulkarni became the first batsman in the world to hit 200 in a Twenty20 match with an astonishing 219 off 56 deliveries in a league game in Singapore. Sagar's heroics helped his Marina Club team to 368 for 3 off their 20 overs and a mammoth victory. Batting at the other end was his team-mate in the Singapore national side Dharmichand Mulewa (89 off 44) who says, "Sagar's most amazing shot was a six over extra-cover which went out of the Kallang ground into the netball courts."
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DEVELOPMENT
MES Girls Win Two Out of Three in Qatar
MES girls dominated the first women’s cricket tournament held by the Qatar Cricket Association, winning in the U-15 and U-19 categories. The U-15 final was won by two runs as Pak Sharma chased 142 in 20 overs. MES beat Dukkan in the U-19 final, with wicket-keeper Asma Sodia taking a catch, two stumpings and having a hand in a vital run-out. Matches were played at West Bay. The tournament received extensive coverage in the Gulf Times. |
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Shandong Seventh Region to Take Up Cricket in China
Shandong, the second-most populous province in China, has become the seventh region after Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Liaoning, Chongqing and Tianjin to officially take up cricket. "The Shandong people are well known for their good physical condition in China. The majority of rugby players are from Shandong," says ACC Development Officer for China Aminul Islam.
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