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Cricket lovers based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as their compatriots spread around fellow Gulf countries have a mouthwatering ODI in prospect with the 14th edition of the Asia Cricket Cup, due to be played in the Emirates this autumn. In fact devotees of the one-day game from the British Isles through to South Africa and the Antipodes may find themselves somehow sorely tempted and wondering how they ended up on an aeroplane, Expat Sport at your service by the way.

Expat Sport sits down with England’s one-day international and Test cricket frontline fast bowling ace of the 1990s, and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Darren Gough. We talk ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 and all matters cricket with the second highest England one-day international wicket-taker of all time.

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When asked to conjure an image of Afghanistan, many outside of the region would think of rugged dusty mountains, tribal chieftains and unfortunately, for so much of its recent history, the pounding backdrop of rocket and kalashnikov fire.

If we at Expat Sport were to suggest to you another image: a manicured wicket, the cheer of expectant crowds and the celebration of substantial cricketing success, you might be forgiven for seeming a little nonplussed. But that is rapidly what Afghanistan is becoming famous for and it’s an astonishing story.

In the two months since the cricketing world was rocked by the now infamous sandpaper ball-tampering scandal in Australia’s 3rd test against South Africa, much has changed in the cricketing world down under.

David Warner and Steve Smith are sitting out their bans - Warner reputedly turning to bricklaying to take his mind off his woes. While Cameron Bancroft, seen as the new-kid coerced into questionable behaviour by the bosses, has had his 9 month ban softened slightly and has now been cleared to play club cricket in Australia. He’ll turn out for Willetton in search of runs and redemption.

The latest ODI rankings have also poured Castlemaine into the wound with Australia’s woeful recent form in that format of the game translating into a drop to fifth in the World rankings.