Funding gap can’t stop new boys’ love of game

By Richard Edwards
IT’S cricket’s ultimate David v Goliath clash.
By any standards, Afghanistan’s rise from nowhere to the ranks of cricket’s elite in a little over a decade has been little short of extraordinary. The same could be said of the finances of Indian cricket which, thanks to the enormous success of the IPL, have now established the BCCI as the most influential board in global cricket.
As Andy Mole, Afghanistan’s head of development, watches his players run in on grass-less wickets at Kabul’s national stadium, he can only dream of...

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