Afghanistan handed more boosts by prodigy Qadri

By Richard Edwards

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IT has been quite a week for 16-year-old Hamidullah Qadri. Last Thursday, the Kandahar-born former Afghan refugee took 5-60 in the second innings of his Derbyshire debut against Glamorgan – a haul that helped his county to their first win in the Championship since July 2015.
He then topped that with a call-up to the England U19 one-day squad for the forthcoming series against India, which offers him the chance to stake ...

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