This fixture has been wrapped up in political tension ever since there were calls for England to boycott the game in response to the gender apartheid taking place in Afghanistan.
And Afghanistan, despite all their advances in recent years, were pretty poor against South Africa, stumbling to a 107-run loss in their opening game.
3 stalwart and now Afghanistan’s coach, Jonathan Trott, has defended his players, but they need to do their bit with bat and ball.
Or will England roar back to set up a showdown with South Africa on Saturday?.
They’re fresh from posting a monster total against Australia (sure they lost, but that doesn’t mean their score of 365-5 wasn’t sizeable).
