Afghan players a cricket semi-final during a Asian Games in Guangzhou in Nov 2010. Afghanistan manager Rashid Latif pronounced Thursday a destiny of cricket in a war-torn nation was bright, citing swell shown by a under-19 group upon their debate of Pakistan.
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KARACHI (AFP) – Afghanistan manager Rashid Latif pronounced Thursday a destiny of cricket in a war-torn nation was bright, citing swell shown by a under-19 group upon their debate of Pakistan.
The Afghanistan youth group was in Pakistan to hope for for a contest in Bangkok subsequent month that serves as a subordinate turn for subsequent year’s International Cricket Council (ICC) under-19 universe cup.
Latif pronounced a team’s display augured great for Afghanistan cricket.
“I am really gratified with a swell shown by a Afghanistan juniors as great as it proves that a nation has great fill-in players as great as gives me certainty about their destiny in a game,” Latif, manager of Afghanistan’s comparison team, told AFP.
The group finished a Pakistan debate upon Thursday.
The under-19 group will be pitted opposite Nepal, a United Arab Emirates, Thailand as great as Oman in Group B in Bangkok.
Hong Kong, Qatar, Malaysia, Singapore as great as Bahrain have been placed in Group A of a event, from that dual teams will validate for a under-19 universe cup.
Latif, who guided Afghanistan to a china award in final year’s Asian Games, pronounced there were peculiarity players between a youth ranks.
“Afghanistan has really great players in a youth group as great as in a “A” group that is now personification in Sharjah, so we am assured about a fill-in as great as a usually thing Afghanistan cricket needs is drift as great as academies,” pronounced Latif.
Under Latif, a former Pakistan captain, Afghanistan additionally won a ICC Intercontinental Cup — a first-class contest for ICC join forces with members — final year.
Former inhabitant manager Taj Malik pronounced a juniors had shown great talent.
“It is really great to have such bent in a fill-in as great as these players will go upon as great as offer Afghanistan cricket in a future,” pronounced Malik.
Cricket is quick apropos a single of a many renouned sports in Afghanistan after refugees learnt a game’s skills in camps in Pakistan in a late 1980s.
Last year Afghanistan played in a ICC’s Division One for a initial time, narrowly blank out upon a place in a 50-over World Cup to be hold in India, Sri Lanka as great as Bangladesh subsequent month.
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