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July 3, 2020 Afghanistan / Features

Can we pause for a moment and try and take stock of Mohammad Nabi’s ridiculous career?

Mohammad Nabi didn’t play for Afghanistan against Scotland in April 2019. Nothing too unusual there. Nabi had been at the IPL, playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad, and they’d qualified for the closing stages. Except it is unusual. It’s highly unusual. It was Afghanistan’s 112th one-day international (ODI) and Mohammed Nabi played

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June 29, 2019 Afghanistan / Pakistan

Mohammad Nabi’s wicket celebration is our favourite wicket celebration

2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 36, Afghanistan v Pakistan

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June 1, 2019 Afghanistan / Australia

Steve Smith: the most despicable cricketer in the entire world

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September 29, 2016 Extras

Mop-up of the day – Sweet, sour, bitter, savoury

A bitter-sweet mop-up of the day today, like someone’s spilt a honey-and-lemon sore throat remedy. Actually, maybe that’s sweet and sour. A sour-sweet mop-up of the day today. Sour James Anderson is out of England’s tour of Bangladesh and probably won’t be back until halfway through the India tour. No

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March 23, 2016 Afghanistan / Associates / England

Afghanistan are pillaging England’s tile improvements

England appear to have sold you a dummy. Just when you thought they might be transforming into some sort of competent modern T20 side, they conspire to lose three wickets in an over against Afghanistan. Masterful stuff. The bowler was Mohammad Nabi, one of our ten World Cup players to

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