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Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi said Sunday his side have the potential to challenge the world's top teams, but will need more exposure in Test cricket. Shahidi's team host New Zealand in a one-off Test starting Monday at their adopted home ground in India, near New Delhi, without key players including spin king Rashid Khan. Afghanistan suffered a bruising introduction to Test cricket in 2018 when they lost to India inside two days, but have improved since. Afghanistan hammered New Zealand in this year's T20 World Cup, but they have won just three Tests out of the nine they have played. "If you look at Test cricket, we are new in this format -- we need more experience," Shahidi told reporters at the Greater Noida ground. "As a team and as a country, we are brave people and we accept challenges," he added. "In the future, if we get more chances we will improve, and show that we are the best team." Afghanistan will miss leg-spinner Rashi...

My saintly other half, who is forever on the hunt to plan outings that will jazz up our lives, one day announced, 'Exciting news! I've booked us all tickets to watch Pakistan play England in Birmingham!' My interest in cricket died a brutal death with the downfall of the short-lived (but thrilling) Lime Green Era circa 1999-2004. So the other half's exciting news was not met with the enthusiasm he had expected. However, he got the requisite enthusiasm some moments later when I realised that a two-hour one-way trip to Birmingham, followed by T-20 match would mean no cooking for the day. Perhaps we stop for nihari on the way back! Yes! All was falling into place. The day arrived, and we all donned our Pakistan cricket shirts (in a burst of patriotism, I also dug out my neon green earrings). off we went, procuring 2 backpacks’ worth of junk food along the way. Even the rain held off. The prospects were - literally - bright.  A sea of green  At Edgbas...