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Roundup of Under-19 World Cup warm-up games

Afghanistan Cricket Board chief Hamid Shinwari has said the one-day game scheduled to be played between Afghanistan and Australia, on August 25 in Sharjah, has been creating a lot of "excitement" back home

The Ireland-Afghanistan Intercontinental Cup match in Dublin, which lost two days to rain, ended in a draw

Max Sorensen and Alex Cusack each took four wickets to help Ireland skittle Afghanistan for 84, as their rain-hit Intercontinental Cup match got underway on day three

Allrounder Javed Ahmadi will lead Afghanistan at the Under-19 World Cup in Australia in August

A battling unbeaten 67 by Ed Joyce ensured Ireland posted a competitive total in the World Cricket League ODI, and a combined bowling effort in helpful conditions guaranteed Afghanistan came nowhere near it

The first World Cricket League ODI was abandoned without a ball bowled despite pleasant conditions at Clontarf

If Ireland need any reminders of Afghanistan's threat as they prepare for a pair of critical World Cup qualifiers, they need only recall Boyd Rankin's opening delivery in the World Twenty20 qualifying final in Dubai.

Australia will play Afghanistan for the first time next month, as a warm-up for the series against Pakistan in the UAE

A strong all-round performance by Pakistan Under-19s helped them beat Afghanistan Under-19s by 151 runs and qualify for the final of the Under-19 Asia Cup

In an unexpected result, Afghanistan Under-19s made the semi-finals, knocking Bangladesh under-19s out of the tournament

A round-up of the second day of matches at the Asia Cup 2012

Geoff Lawson, the former Australia fast bowler, has signed up with Afghanistan as a consultant coach for the Under-19 World Cup

In a bid to help develop Afghanistan's cricket infrastructure, the Afghanistan Cricket Board has announced an organisational review

Afsar Zazai, 18, led Afghanistan to an improbable three-wicket win over Netherlands on his first-class debut

After 16 wickets fell on the second day, Netherlands ended firmly in the driver's seat and will look to wrap up the match early on the third day

Day one of the Afghanistan-Netherlands Intercontinental Cup clash in Sharjah belonged to the bowlers. Twenty-one wickets fell and Netherlands, driven by a career-best 6 for 43 from Mudassar Bukhari, secured a four-run first-innings lead

Karim Sadiq and Izatullah Dawlatzai starred as Afghanistan hit back with a five-wicket win against Netherlands after having been thrashed by nine wickets two days ago

Afghanistan were outplayed by Netherlands in Sharjah, going down by nine wickets

Ireland and Afghanistan served up a blistering classic in the final of the World Twenty20 Qualifier in Dubai, putting to rest any fears that the game would be an anti-climax