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December 8, 2014: Afghan squad for cricket World Cup announced; Afghanistan comes in 3rd in handball; Water polo training session announced The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced the 30-member preliminary squad for the 2015 ICC (International Cricket Council) World Cup. The event is scheduled to be held from February 14, 2015 to March 29, 2015, and it will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. There will be a total of 49 matches with 14 participants. Afghanistan has qualified as a result of their success in the World Cricket League Championship. The Afghan squad will consist of: Mohammad Nabi Esakhil, Nawroz Mangal, Usman Ghani, Javid Ahmadi, Afsar Zazai, Asghar Stanikzai, Samiullah Shinwari, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Mirwais Ashraf, Gulbadin Naib, Hamid Hassan, Shapoor Zadran, DAwlat Zadran, Izatullah, Aftab Alam, Farid Malik, Najeeb Zadran, Nasir Jamal, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Shahzad Mohammadi, Karim Sadiq, Shabir Noori, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Yamin Ahmadzai, Hamza Hotak, Najibullah Tarakai, Fazal Niazi, Mohammad Mujtaba, Noor Ali Zadran and Rahmat Shah. After warm-up matches against India on February 10th, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) on February 13th, Afghanistan will compete in their first match on February 18th against Bangladesh in Canberra, Australia. Then they will take on Sri Lanka on February 22nd, followed by Scotland on February 26th, Australia on March 4th, New Zealand on March 8th, and finally England on March 13th. Meanwhile, in the world of handball, the Men’s International Handball Federation (IHF) Challenge Trophy came to a conclusion with Pakistan defeating Yemen by a margin of 39-22 goals. Afghanistan came in third after defeating Bangladesh by 38-30. Afghanistan had earlier lost to Pakistan in the second semifinal match 43-28. Besides Afghanistan, and host country Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, and Yemen participated in the event. Finally, in other sports news, the Executive Director & Head Coach of Afghanistan’s water polo team recently announced that 2 coaches and a team manager will travel to Kabul in order to conduct a 1-month long training session for the national team. The training is scheduled to start in mid-January 2015 and end mid-February 2015. Exact dates were not announced at this time. |
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