A battered England will hope to keep its Champions Trophy hopes alive when it faces a dangerous Afghanistan in a crucial Group B match here on Wednesday. A defeat here would severely dent both the teams’ dreams of a semifinal berth in the tournament, as South Africa and Australia have already notched up three points … Read more
Afghanistan men’s cricket team captain Hashmatullah Shahidi made it clear on Tuesday that women in his country should be allowed to play the game though he said it was beyond his control in a nation governed by strict religious laws. The Taliban took over the reins of Afghanistan in 2021 and banned women’s sports, including … Read more
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), on Sunday, announced that Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead the national side in its maiden ICC Men’s Champions Trophy campaign which is scheduled to begin on February 19. Top-order batter, Ibrahim Zadran, who was away from action due to an ankle injury, has returned to the squad. However, Mujeeb Ur Rahman … Read more
Afghanistan amassed its highest score of 699 on Monday before the first test against Zimbabwe ended in a draw at the end of the final day at the Queens Sports Club. Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, batting for a third successive day, scored 246 to reclaim the record test score for an Afghani batsman after Rahmat Shah … Read more
Hashmatullah Shahidi registered the highest individual score by an Afghanistan batter in Test history during the first Test against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on Monday. Afghanistan skipper Shahidi scored 246 runs off 474 balls, featuring 21 fours, as he batted for almost nine hours to bring up his second double century in the red-ball format. Shahidi … Read more
Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi was unbeaten on 179 as Afghanistan trailed Zimbabwe by 71 runs after a rain-shortened fourth day of the first Test in Bulawayo on Sunday. He and double-centurion Rahmat Shah put on 364 for the third wicket before the latter was out having made a career-best 234 at the Queens Sports Club. Zimbabwe … Read more