Gatting falls for a duck against Afghanistan
Cricinfo staff
March 23, 2006
Afghanistan 356 for 7 (Nabi 116) beat MCC 185 by 171 runs
Mumbai was the setting for some memorable scenes on Wednesday and there was another notable occasion today. Hafti Gulabid, a fast bowler from Jalalabad, claimed the prize wicket of Mike Gatting for a duck as an Afghanistan side won their first ever match against MCC at Mumbai.
Gulabid, 22, induced an edge from Gatting’s bat, and his brother Karim Khan Sadiq, 20, took the catch behind the stumps. “I am so happy, he’s a senior player.” said Gulabid. “I’m 22 - and he has probably been playing for longer than that.”
Gatting was philosophical about his dismissal. “I got a decent ball,” he said. “This isn’t a game you just go out and play. If you don’t have practice you don’t do as well as you should.”
The Afghanistan side posted a formidable 356-7 from their 40 overs against a team predominantly made up of minor counties cricketers from England. Mohammed Nabi top scored with 116. In reply, the MCC were all out for 185.
The match was played at a club ground in Mumbai as part of MCC’s mission to popularise the game. Most of the Afghan team learned their cricket in Pakistan in refugee camps after fleeing the invasion by the then Soviet Union in the early 1980s before returning to organise tournaments at home.
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Both Cricinfo and funguy are stupid to give importance to news of 50 yr old retired bastman scoring zero in an exhibition game. Every other some ex-player scores zero in exhibition match
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Only you are taking it as 'important'
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^Why do u post threads like these...with no common sense!
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Coz people don’t post many threads with common sense 
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why are u guys getting infurious yaar? he just wanted to share something he found interesting... whats the harm? He didn't say Gulabid is new sensation of fast bowling or anything, right?
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I say Gulabid is next Wasim Akram.
:elmo:
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^ 
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Thats Gulabid’s insult…Wasim was not even an inch of what Gulabid is 
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Just heard that Bedi, Gavaskar and Chappel are arranging a protest march against Gulabid. Bedi has threatened to set himself on fire.
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I’m sure Gavaskar and Chappel will help him set the fire
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OK. I say Gulabid is even better than Wasim Akram. Perhaps the next Irfan Pathan in making :k:
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For some reason, Gulabid reminds of that Kashmiri Abid Nabi. I guess the similarity lies only within the names, and not anything else between them.
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**Afghanistan aims to play Test cricket by 2015 **
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By Harish C. Menon, Indo-Asian News Service
Mumbai, March 24 (IANS) Afghanistan, which is likely to be ushered into One Day International cricket this year, is aiming at Test status by 2015.
The country will get a chance to play ODIs if it performs well in the forthcoming Asian Cricket Council cup in Malaysia in May.
The game has got a boost in the war-ravaged country with 22 of its 32 provinces now playing cricket - up from four since the days of the Taliban regime.
‘Two of our bowlers, who are currently playing at the under-19 level, will surely take the world by storm once we enter the international scene,’ said Afghanistan Cricket Federation (ACF) vice president Raees khan Jaji.
Jaji, who recently accompanied the country’s national team to England for an exhibition match against the Malbourne Criket Club, said the future was bright for Afghan cricket if the initial hiccups could be overcome.
‘There are several problems that we are facing. Lack of funds is the most difficult problem we have,’ Jai told IANS.
‘Despite promises from both - the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) - help is only trickling in,’ he complained.
Listing out a string of recent cricketing achievements, Jaji referred to the world record set by the Afghan under-17 team in a match against Brunei by scoring 357 runs and ending the opposition innings for just 11 runs in 2005.
Referring to the poor status of organised support in their country, Jaji said even the national level players get only $8.5 (Afghani 428) per match, allotted by the Afghan Olympic Committee.
‘We get sponsorship from the Standard Chartered Bank and the Roshan Mobile Phone Company, and that too only for international matches.’
Referring to the promises made by the India, Jaji said: 'In 2002, then BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya got us ACC (Asian Cricket Council) membership. But he has not acted on his promise to build a world-class stadium in Afghanistan despite repeated pleadings.
'The International Cricket Council (ICC) had allotted $70,000 for the game’s development in Afghanistan in 2002. Of this, $25,000 was allotted for coaching.
‘Because we could not find a suitable coach, they withdrew the amount. We have now suggested the names of the former Indian bowler Venkatesh Prasad and former Pakistani players Rashid Latif and Saeed Anwar.’
'The Afghan Olympic Association had allotted 336,000 sq metre of land just outside the presidential palace in Kabul. But lack of funds has sent the project into stagnation.
‘When the Indian government is helping our government in infrastructure development and other areas so much, why can’t the BCCI lend support to Afghan cricket?’ asked Jaji.](“http://in.yimg.com/i/in/providers/indiaabroad.gif”)
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WTF is Mike Gatting doing in Mumbai?
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I can see it now. Afghanistan vs. Team USA. World Cup Final at Kabul National Stadium. Bush and Osama to visit and pay tribute to both the teams as a joint party.
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^ and Mush will be umpire with Inzi as commentator
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and instead of drinks break we will have CHURS or HEROINE break 
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And if the ump says Not Out to Gulabid's appeal, the authotities will carry out his death penalty at the pitch.
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^ or may be "goga till death" ;) (you'll understand if you've heard the joke about few city guys going to an island getting caught by "tribals")