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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shahryar Khan announced on Saturday that Pakistan and Afghanistan will play two T20 matches with each other.
Speaking at a press conference alongside the chairman of Afghan Cricket Board Atif Mashal, Khan said the short friendly series could be played in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Sharjah.
He said the date of the series could not yet be decided as the two cricketing sides were preoccupied in their own commitments at the moment.
Shahryar said that regional teams from the two countries would also play possible series, which would include A-teams and under-16 teams.
He added that Pakistan would help Afghanistan in International Cricket Council (ICC) issues and in making the country a permanent member of the international cricket governing body.
The PCB chairman said eight or nine Pakistani players would be facilitated in their endeavours to participate in an Afghan cricket league.
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May 27, 2017 03:55pm
although i do believe in finding mutual grounds to boost trust but dont forget these are afghans thankless!
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May 27, 2017 03:59pm
Series can be played in Afghanistan. Over Pakistan. Are you serious Sethi !
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May 27, 2017 04:01pm
Madness. Stop supporting these thankless people.
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May 27, 2017 04:04pm
Only if they play in Pakistan otherwise do not even bother
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May 27, 2017 04:19pm
Good suggestion but too risky in afghanistan
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May 27, 2017 04:26pm
For God sake - STOP playing with these no good afgans
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May 27, 2017 04:32pm
Wow, our cricket is progressing really fast! We are playing the modern day giants like Afghanistan and West Indies. Please also arrange matches with cricketing giants like Uganda, Columbia and Lithuania. We don't need to play South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia anymore because we are too good for them. Plus Afghanis have been so thankful to us over the years. We helped Bangladesh become good at cricket and look how they give PCB a lot of respect these days. We should help Afghanistan become good too and then they will also give us a lot of respect but I think they already our giving us a lot of respect looking at the situation on our western border! Najam Sethi and Shehryar Khan have worked tirelessly to arrange this wonderful series and deserve all the appreciation. This didn't deserve a press conference but a launch ceremony!
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May 27, 2017 04:45pm
Dont make the same mistake as you did with Bangladesh, help them and they backstab you, Afghans are an ungrateful lot, so let them learn their cricket elsewhere.
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May 27, 2017 04:51pm
It is just a political ploy by Afghanistan. Afghanis will pull out on the eleventh hour reasoning security and terrorism in Pakistan. Afghans are going to copy Indian tactics to create bad image of Pakistan.
Let's sort out the border and Afghan refugees isuues first before playing any sports.
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May 27, 2017 05:33pm
Please get rid of these two oldies in PCB. What will Pak cricket gain by playing Afghanistan?
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May 27, 2017 05:53pm
Friendly series is fine as long as there is a friendship .
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May 27, 2017 06:13pm
Just send them back and close the borders. It is not worth playing cricket with them.
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May 27, 2017 06:58pm
what we can expect from you Najam sethi
the worse
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May 27, 2017 07:25pm
Pakistan should not play with. Afghanistan. There is no need
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May 27, 2017 07:50pm
Great news for Pakistan and its cricket!
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May 27, 2017 07:59pm
This is great step towards peace and harmony
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May 27, 2017 08:08pm
Guess the team Afghanistan will also not come to play the friendly series in Pakistan. So much for Sethi and Sheryar claim for returning cricket to Pakistan. I guess they should focus on PSL only or perhaps giving comments about playing cricket with India.
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May 27, 2017 08:10pm
Sir
This Sethi-Shahreyar combo has reduced the status and standard of Pakistani cricket so much that they are planning series with minnows.
Instead they should have planned inviting Afghan team to play against Pakistan A in Karachi and Lahore
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May 27, 2017 09:04pm
Good for Afghan cricket. They will progress and also it will help reduce tension between two countries. Since no one is coming its better to play some cricket at home than nothing.
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May 27, 2017 09:34pm
what a disgrace for pakistan
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May 27, 2017 10:54pm
A good way to improve Pakistan's cricket standards.
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May 28, 2017 12:21am
Play where?
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May 28, 2017 12:47am
This man leading PCB is insane.Just like Bangladesh they are back stabber no matter how beneficence you are to them, they will turn backs on us. So stop bottle feeding them.
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May 28, 2017 04:44am
I think sports should not be involed in politics. Lets stay possitive and respect each other
Peace from afghanistan
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May 28, 2017 07:10am
I am a very constant reader of Dawn.com, I read the comments of readers, and find almost all of them very out of touch with reality....
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May 28, 2017 07:42am
Enjoy ya great cricket!
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