Afghanistan beat UAE by five wickets.
It was pretty comfortable in the end. Afghanistan are a proper side. England, and most other top teams, can be thankful they didn’t have them in their group.
It’s easy to patronise the smaller nations, so please take this with the utmost sincerity I intend – I just love this Italian side.
Brothers opening the batting. A wrist-spinner born in Sri Lanka who works in a pizza shop. A head coach who used to play for the side when no one cared about them. A rag tag crew punching above their weight.
If you’re not sold, take a gander at this cracking piece that I guarantee will challenge the allegiances of a few English supporters:
