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Afghanistan, the war-torn country, is now dreaming to qualify for the 2011 World Cup cricket in what would be their first ever world cup qualification. Afghanistan has just won the World Cricket League Division 3 tournament defeating Cayman Islands by 82 runs, and thus, they have qualified for the final qualifying tournament which will be held in April this year in South Africa. Afghanistan earlier won the Division 5 in May last year and then won the Division 4 tournament last October. However, Afghanistan was lucky that they managed the berth from the Division 3 on net run rate. Besides Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Uganda also finished with three points, but Afghanistan clinched the top spot on net run rate. Uganda qualified for the final tournament as the tournament runners up. Captain Nowroz Mangal is very much happy with his team, stating that his team showed their best in difficult positions.

Well, nothing is certain in world cricket. For example, South Africa has recently replaced world champion Australia from no. 1 position in ICC ODI ranking. So, Afghanistan may be just an associate member of ICC, but they can be the next Asian power in world cricket one day.

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