Afghanistan put together an impressive performance against Australia in the Cricket World Cup today but came up short. The Aussies needed a miracle, and they got one.
The Afghan national team has been on a Cinderella run in the tournament so far, knocking off defending champion England, cricket powerhouse Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the Netherlands. In the last World Cup in 2019, Afghanistan didn’t win a single match. The World Cup is a ten-team round-robin tournament, played in the one-day-international (ODI) format, where each side is limited to 50 overs, and matches are decided in one day. Afghanistan is one of only twelve countries in the world with Test status from the International Cricket Council, which means it is allowed to play the highest form of cricket. It is the most recent country to earn that status. Despite all the tragedies that have befallen the country, the national cricket team has been a bright spot.
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