How Afghanistan can get better at Test cricket

#4 - County cricket

A player like Rashid Khan could easily get a County cricket contract

Cricketers from Afghanistan aren't exactly experienced first-class cricketers and that might prove to be an impediment in their attempt to play county cricket in England. However, Afghanistan has proved many times over on the world stage that they have many individual players of exceptional capacity. It is quite possible, and likely even, that county teams might be interested in some of these exceptionally talented Afghan cricketers.

In Test cricket, the onus is on a core group of players to provide performances that will lift the rest of the players and the team as a whole. That did not happen for Afghanistan.

The Indian team, for example, has often been bailed out of tight spots by players like Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravichandran Ashwin. Most of these core members of the Indian Test team have played county cricket and many have acknowledged the positive impact that it has had on their career.