Poteas taking Afghan ‘giant killers’ seriously

TO fully comprehend Afghanistan’s journey to the global international stage is to know its very origin.It was only 20 years ago that somewhere close to the border in the North West Frontier, a notice was pinned on a bus stop: “All those who want to play cricket for the Afghanistan team, please meet here in three months’ time.”While the whole truth may have been lost in the romanticism of it all, the growth of the Afghanistan men’s team over the past two decades, which culminated in a first appearance in a major ICC tournament semi-final just a couple of months ago in Tarouba,…