Shenwari's 96 was the highest score by an Afghani batsman in a World Cup match and, in a series of minor partnerships at the end of the innings, he batted Afghanistan to victory in its third World Cup match. To find a piece of open ground on which to play cricket is difficult in many parts of the country, yet Shenwari believes Thursday's win will only feed a growing love of the sport among Afghani youths. Some players on the Afghanistan team learned to play cricket in Pakistan refugee camps during an enforced exile from their homeland.