The 28-year-old Curran has played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire but because his father Kevin Curran represented Zimbabwe in international cricket in the past, he got an opportunity to play for the African nation
Three quick wickets for just one run put the brakes on Afghanistan innings as they were soon reduced to 119/5; Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, and Rashid Khan got starts but couldn’t convert their knocks to big score and Afghanistan were bowled out for 184 in 43.3 overs
After being asked to bowl, the Afghans, known as AfghanAbdalyan, reduced Sri Lanka A to 133/7 runs and set themselves a target of 134 runs. AM Ghazanfar (2/14) and Bilal Sami (3/22) ripped through the Sri Lanka A top-order to set the tone for Afghanistan in the ultimate showdown
Play on the fifth day called off leaving the one-off Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand only the eighth in history to be abandoned without a ball bowled; New Zealand coach Gary Stead and Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott express disappointment at the lost opportunity for the two teams to play each other for the first time
The Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Stadium in Greater Noida does not tick all the boxes as per experts and is most ill-prepared for holding a Test match especially in the monsoon season; teams spend time in the hotel as Day 3 of the one-off Test also called off
The Afghanistan Cricket Board was left red-faced after the second consecutive day of the one-off Test against New Zealand was abandoned without a ball bowled; they blamed heavy rainfall for the loss of play
The first day's play of the one-off Afghanistan vs New Zealand Test was abandoned without a ball bowled due to wet outfield even though there was no rain; damage done by previous day's rain could not be undone
Afghanistan will look for some experience in Test cricket when they play New Zealand in a one-off Test in Greater Noida beginning Monday; for the Kiwis, it will be a warm-up for the upcoming Tests against Sri Lanka and India in the sub-continent