CRICKET-WC-2015-AFG

To go with story 'Cricket-WC-2015-AFG' by Mushtaq MOJADDIDI In this photograph taken on January 19, 2015, an Afghan cricket player prepares to bowl at a friendly game on the outskirts of Kabul. At an indoor academy in Kabul, Afghanistan's cricketers are training hard for their debut in the upcoming World Cup tournament in Australia and New Zealand in February 2015. The Afghans' opening match against Bangladesh in Canberra on February 18 will mark the culmination of a fairytale journey for a team born in the ashes of decades of war. AFP PHOTO / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)