Najibullah Zadran

Pooran leads lower-order rally with 67, while Chase prises out Afghanistan top order in excellent spell

Maratha Arabians role is Flower's first in franchise cricket

They turned a sleepy old T20I - the score was a mere 123 after 16 overs - into an absolute firecracker

The omission of Najibullah Zadran, their batsman of the tournament, summed up a team that is not giving the best account of themselves

Captain Gulbadin Naib also played a crucial hand, taking 6 for 43 - the third-best figures for Afghanistan in ODI cricket

Afghanistan recovered from 74 for 5 on the back of Najibullah Zadran's maiden ODI hundred to post 256 for 8 but as it panned out, it wasn't enough

Najibullah Zadran on his favourite cricketer, Suresh Raina; and the best and worst dancers in the Afghanistan team

ESPNcricinfo's team of the tournament from the ICC World Cup Qualifier finds representation from five of the ten teams

Afghanistan's hopes of qualifying hinge on a Nepal win over Hong Kong in the final group fixture on Monday

Continuing their dominance over Zimbabwe, Afghanistan piled up their second-highest ODI total of 333 with Rahmat Shah's 114 off 110 balls the centerpiece of a resounding victory

India A put on a challenging 322 for 5 and restricted Afghanistan A to 209 for 9 with only one opposition batsman - Najibullah Zadran (62) - scoring more than 30

ESPNcricinfo's picks for the best performers at the inaugural edition of the tournament in the UAE

Afghanistan continued their puppet-mastery of UAE in Twenty20 cricket with a gritty five-wicket win in front of 8000 fans at Sheikh Zayed Stadium

A certain team features in four out of five nominations for the best Associate batting performances of the year

Najibullah Zadran's unbeaten 55 helped Afghanistan overcome a wobble and secure a final-over win that gave them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series

Najibullah Zadran, who was the fifth wicket to fall for Afghanistan as Bangladesh fought back in the final ten overs, said that the match was in Afghanistan's control but the batsmen failed to execute at the death

Half-centuries from Mohammad Shahzad and Najibullah Zadran set the base for Afghanistan's 39-run win in the second ODI against Ireland at Stormont in Belfast on Tuesday

Scotland's first ODI at home in more than two years ended in frustrating fashion, with the first ODI of the two-match series against Afghanistan finishing with a no result

They don't want to be patronised or praised for potential. Afghanistan want to play Full Members and beat them, just like they did against West Indies