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"From refugee camps to the World Cup" is a great headline. But it doesn't reflect Afghanistan's cricketing rise. For all its attraction as a "good-news story", there was nothing surprising about Afghanistan's World Cup qualification, which merely confirmed their status as Ireland's pre-eminent rivals in the sport's second tier.
"From refugee camps to the World Cup" is a great headline. But it doesn't reflect Afghanistan's cricketing rise. For all its attraction as a "good-news story", there was nothing surprising about Afghanistan's World Cup qualification, which merely confirmed their status as Ireland's pre-eminent rivals in the sport's second tier.