Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates meet at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday for the final warm up match before the World Cup officially kicks off.
When it comes to international cricket hegemony, these are two squads on the outside looking in. Neither has ever sniffed a legitimate path to a World Cup championship. The Afghanistan team, in fact, is making their first ever appearance on the world stage.
Both teams showed their greenhorn status in their first warm up matches. Afghanistan was no match against India, falling to the Men in Blue by 153 runs; UAE, meanwhile, experienced a lopsided 188-run loss at the hands of host nation Australia.
Even if these two teams have a ways to go before they're considered tournament favorites, there's still plenty of reasons to tune into their matches. Part of the fun of being the upstart is that you can play without pressure or expectations -- like you have nothing to lose.
A free live feed of Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates' warm up cricket match is available for streaming RIGHT HERE.
U.A.E. squad (subject to change)
Khurram Khan , Amjad Ali, Chirag Suri, Salman Faris, Shaiman Anwar , Vikrant Shetty, Faizan Asif, Rohit Singh, Amjad Javed, Rohan Mustafa, Moaaz Qazi, Swapnil Patil, Manjula Guruge, Kamran Shahzad, Mohammad Naveed, Ahmed Raza, Nasir Aziz, Shadeep Silva
Afghanistan Squad (subject to change)
Afsar Zazai†, Aftab Alam, Asghar Stanikzai, Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Hamid Hassan, Javed Ahmadi, Mirwais Ashraf, Mohammad Nabi*, Najibullah Zadran, Nasir Jamal, Nawroz Mangal, Samiullah Shenwari, Shapoor Zadran, Usman Ghani
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