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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Sharjah, 28 December &nbsp;- <\/strong>The Afghanistan cricket team cruised into the top 10 in the International Cricket Council One-Day International (ODI) rankings for the first time after a thumping 49-run win in their first match against Zimbabwe here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The key architects of the win were opener Noor Ali Zadran and left-arm spinner Amir Hamza, who made 63 and took four wickets, respectively, as Afghanistan successfully defended the lowest total - 131 - for an associate against a full member, espncricinfo reported on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Afghanistan will have an opportunity to remain at the tenth position should they win the five-match series against Zimbabwe. A series loss, however, means they will return to their original World no.12 ranking, behind Zimbabwe and Ireland.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The year 2015 has been a watershed year of sorts for Afghanistan, who made their maiden World Cup appearance in Australia in February-March, where they beat Scotland by one wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>They built on that success by registering their first bilateral series win over a Test nation when they beat Zimbabwe 3-2 in a five-match series in Bulawayo in October. Interestingly, they came back from one match down to win the series, which made them the first associate to topple a full member in a bilateral series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>ICC ODI Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>1&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Australia&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\r\n2&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;India<br \/>\r\n3&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;South Africa&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\r\n4&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;New Zealand<br \/>\r\n5&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Sri Lanka&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\r\n6&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;England&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;56&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\r\n7&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Bangladesh&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\r\n8&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Pakistan&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\r\n9&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;West Indies&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\r\n10&nbsp;&nbsp;Afghanistan<br \/>\r\n11 &nbsp;Ireland<br \/>\r\n12 &nbsp;Zimbabwe<\/p>\r\n",
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