Tim Wigmore on the remarkable rise of Ireland and Afghanistan after both Associate Nations were handed full Test status

They’ve done it! But how many of the current Ireland side will enjoy a Test career?
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Historic’ might just be the most overused word in cricket today. No game is complete without reference to a new record being set, no matter how spurious.
June 22, 2017, was not such a day. It was, instead, a seminal moment in cricket history: Afghanistan and Ireland were both awarded Full Membership of the ICC and, with it, Test s...