THE SPINQUISITION: Proteas batsmen (from left to right) Tristan Stubbs, Quinton de Kock and Heinrich Klaasen will be tested by the Afghanistan spinners in their T20 World Cup semi-final in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday. (Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
It is a semi-final of dreamers in Tarouba come Thursday (02:30 SA time).
For Afghanistan, cricket is the sweet release from a war-torn reality; for the Proteas, a curse that must surely one day lift.
Since 2004, when they joined the world’s cricketing echelons, Afghanistan have developed their game to the point where they are, rightly, feared giant killers.
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