Ireland and Afghanistan awarded Test status by ICC

[jimmy101]

out of interest, does Afghanistan have a functioning board? Or is the whole operation being administered from Dubai?

Pretty sure their board is legit. It operates out of Kabul, so must be for the most part Afghani, you'd think.

 

[Shri]

Can't wait to exclude them from my statsguru search in arguments for the next 15 years.

Congrats though!

 

[Marius]

Fantastic news!

And to everyone worrying about the stats etc., you may have a point, but unless we grow the game (more Test sides, a bigger World Cup) the game we all love will be reduced to T20 comps in a handful of countries by 2040.

 

[Starfighter]

Money means there's a good chance of that happening anyway. And it will suck.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Think Afghanistan will give us a run and might win a test or two in our home soil. We should invite them asap since next match is scheduled late august. Its a great opportunity.

 

[social]

Pretty sure their board is legit. It operates out of Kabul, so must be for the most part Afghani, you'd think.

"Kabul" and "legit" should only appear in the same sentence if one of the other words is "ain't".

 

[andruid]

Is there a point to finishing the current Intercontinental Cup now?

 

[jimmy101]

Is there a point to finishing the current Intercontinental Cup now?

Apart from a chance for Ire and Afg to blood some youngsters, no, not really.

 

[NZTailender]

West Indies too I'd reckon.

Reckon they only want to get thumped by big nations, not minnows.

 

[Jezroy]

New Zealand have some pretty big off season gaps over the next couple of years. Wonder if they'll line up some games...

 

[S.Kennedy]

Extremely good news.

 

[vcs]

If they do play in Kabul, would it be considered offensive to use terms like

This pitch is a minefield

He's bowling hand-grenades

 

[Starfighter]

That went like a tracer bullet

etc.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Is there a point to finishing the current Intercontinental Cup now?

***** to comment

 

[Flem274*]

New Zealand have some pretty big off season gaps over the next couple of years. Wonder if they'll line up some games...

all the teams that have big gaps (NZ, bang, WI, SA, SL etc) should give them a game imo. might not be glamorous but it's some test cricket and as a fan more is always welcome

 

[Stefan9]

Great news. Its good to grow the game.

 

[madrid2000]

out of interest, does Afghanistan have a functioning board? Or is the whole operation being administered from Dubai?

Afghanistan cricket board operates from Kabul. No foreigners in the board and not operating from outside. The board is relatively well run compared to other institutions in the country.

It's quite successful and has no economical issues. The board is being supported economically by the government and kept in check by fans, media and the government.

It's one of the most active on social media as well. You can see more on their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AfghanistanCricketBoardOfficial/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

 

[honestbharani]

Good stuff. Welcome to the forum. Seems like you are an Afghanistan cricket team fan as well, so congratulations.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Has anyone bothered looking into how soon Morgan could qualify to play Test Cricket for Ireland if he abandoned England straight away?

 

[cnerd123]

Has anyone bothered looking into how soon Morgan could qualify to play Test Cricket for Ireland if he abandoned England straight away?

4 years

So doesn't seem likely