Cricket News

At last, some good news from Afghanistan. Not only has Johnny Afghan taken to playing cricket; his national team has beaten the mighty Danes and could be on its way to the World Cup finals. A naysayer might point out that it's more an overspill Pakistani team really, and that the present condition of Pakistan demonstrates that cricket is no guarantor of a civlised polity, but me I take the view that the more of the world plays cricket, the better the world will be, if only by a streaky edge past fine leg.