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Afghanistan to join top-level nations, hints ICC chief

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KABUL (Pajhwok): The number of teams playing cricket at the top level may soon rise to 15-16, International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive David Richardson was quoted as saying on Friday.

Afghanistan, Nepal and Malaysia would be joining the list of the highest-level nations, he suggested in a conversation with ESPNcricnfo. "The ICC has a strategy to have more competitive teams playing at the highest level.”

Currently on a visit to Sri Lanka, Richardson said there had been 10 full members for too long. “If we are honest with ourselves, there are eight . . .

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