Tristan Lavalette
@trislavalette

Career defining moment? Samlullah Shenwari and his Afghanistan team are looking forward to playing an historic Test against Australia in Perth

Six years ago, I spent time around the Afghanistan cricket team during their short acclimatising tour of Perth ahead of the 2015 World Cup.
It was a chance for players used to the dustbowls of the subcontinent to experience the fast and furious WACA pitch a few months before they played eventual World Cup winners Australia at the ground.
The players I talked to all seemingly had a lump in their throat when talki...