Afghanistan's Nawroz Mangal retires

IMAGE: Nawroz Mangal of Afghanistan bats during the warm-up match against India. Photograph: Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images. Former Afghanistan skipper Nawroz Mangal, under whose leadership his side......

PHOTOS: Warner, Maxwell star as Australia thump Afghanistan

Shahpur Zadran of Afghanistan shakes hands with Mitchell Marsh of Australia after their World Cup match in Perth. Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty Images Australia thrashed Afghanistan by 275 runs......

PHOTOS: India outclass Afghanistan in WC warm-up for first win in Aus

India's Rohit Sharma hits a six during the World Cup warm-up match against Afghanistan at the Adelaide Oval. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters Rohit Sharma smashed his way to a strokeful 150 while......

World T20: Afghanistan seek to boost war-torn homeland

Rising from the ruins of war to challenge the world's cricketing establishment, Afghanistan's rag-tag team hope to inspire the conflict-ravaged nation with a strong showing at the Twenty20 World......

Vettori passes 300 as New Zealand ease to win over Afghanistan

Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor got some valuable time at the wicket as New Zealand did what they needed to looking ahead to the World Cup quarter-finals with a six-wicket victory over Afghanistan......