18,000 people at Desert T20 final

18,000 people at Desert T20 final between Afghanistan and Ireland - burgeoning support for and potential of cricket beyond 10 Test nations

Team-mates carry Nawroz Mangal on a victory lap

Afghanistan rubbished any claim that Ireland might pose a threat to the

Asian side's Associate hegemony in limited-overs cricket,

bulldozing their rivals by 10 wickets in the final of the inaugural Desert T20.

Ireland appeared to be in perfect symphony building to the crescendo of the final,

and remained in tune through the first eight balls 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/desert-t20-c...74971.html

My word !  :-[

Enjoy your retirement

Nawroz Mangal gets a guard of honour from his team !

All  'Gstan ex-pats!!!!  Dubai DESERT LAUDERHILL!!!!! 

Afghanistan fed off the rhythmic chanting and clapping of the 15,000 strong crowd

and played a fast and funky chart-busting ditty, which culminated in a record

margin of victory and defeat respectively. 8)

Nabi's Twitter handle is @MohammadNabi007.

He may be a cricketer in name but in practice he bowled as if he was a super spy

experimenting with a fresh series of prototype gadgets designed by Q. 


sealing Man of the Match figures of 4 for 10 off just 14 deliveries.

Nabi was also named Man of the Tournament.