out of the ashes ( 2010 film )
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i was at the world premier of out of the ashes at the edinburgh international film festival (eiff) 2010. afghan cricket coach, taj malik, had arrived in edinburgh that morning so we heard him speak after the film. out of the ashes is definitely a must - see documentary even if like me, you know nothing about cricket. it was heartwarming to see a side of afghanistan that isn' t about war. two big thumbs up !
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i pre ordered this book after seeing the film. i was lucky enough to meet tim at one of the screenings of his film and ask him about the whole process .
afghanistan' s cricket team' s rise out of the ashes and into a cauldron of associate nation cricketing fire, is an enlightening romp through some fascinating territory .
a terrific trailer of a film coming out in 2010 all about afghanistan. tim albone and his crew - leslie knott, lucy martens - have been following the team for yonks, and it' s a great tale. do check out their site, too: urltoken. . to watch more please join us at urltoken
the mcc are planning to distribute this film to all their members as part of a fundraising drive to help develop cricket in afghanistan. there are also plans to show the film to british soldiers stationed in the country to help break down the barriers between the occupying forces and the population. out of the ashes is a film that can change perceptions of afghanistan in the uk. it deserves to be seen by as many people as possible, whether they care for cricket or not .
against a backdrop of war and poverty, out of the ashes, traces the extraordinary journey of a team of young, afghan men, as they chase a seemingly impossible dream, shedding new light on a... see full summary »
their journey from nobody - nomads to playing in the top tier of world cricket has consumed reams of paper in the past 18 months, with misty - eyed observers - myself among them for this website - leaning heavily on clichés in an attempt to contextualise their success. happily, someone else has done this far more creatively in an engrossing new film, out of the ashes, which premieres at the edinburgh film festival this week .
trailer of the upcoming afghan cricket documentary' out of the ashes'. the film will premiere at the edinburgh international film festival on june 17th. the struggles and joy witnessed by the unbeatable afghanistan national cricket team. this is a documentary made by timothy of the n. y times who traveled endlessly with the afghan cricket team all over the world to witness a nation beating the expectations of many. note: i do not own this and the copyright does not belong to me of this video. if this video is yours, please notify me and i will kindly remove it. thank you
what out of the ashes does best is draw out the characters of the players and their managers. by the end some of them will seem as familiar as friends. this is because of the genuine warmth between the people who shot the film and their subjects. the crew get access to the team' s bus, their dressing rooms and houses and families, their nights out. their most intimate moments unfurl in front of us. we see how the eye - opening experience of travelling to the west for the first time splits the players one of two ways. some are repelled by what they find and become more devout in their faith, others cannot help but be seduced by the short skirts and fast bikes they see on their travels .
so impressed was sam mendes that he lent his considerable backing as executive producer, and the film is due to air on the bbc in the near future .
afghanistan' s success on the pitch is the crux of the film' s narrative: their struggle, then success, in jersey before leapfrogging everyone to reach this year' s world twenty20 in the west indies. but the real fascination comes with the characters we meet .
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loved this film. it' s very funny, very sweet and heartwarming. when i went to see it at the ica the crowd loved it and couldn' t stop laughing .
perhaps the most striking aspect of the film is the closeness with which albone was embedded with the team. he, knott and martens travelled everywhere with them, sharing the bus, meals, good times and bad. imagine a documentary - maker trying to follow england, india or australia .
two cricket journalists set out to see whether test cricket has a future. in so doing they discover a conspiracy which starts at the highest echelons of cricket administration and politics .
tim albone, leslie knott and lucy martens, the young film - makers, embarked on this remarkable project several years ago, when albone, a former journalist for the times, was based in kabul .
that moment, he is keen to point out, was a rarity, however, and he remains more convinced than ever of cricket' s unique ability to transcend boundaries and borders .
it' s made me love cricket even more. there are very few sports in the world, if any, where the same thing could happen. cricket has given afghanistan the chance and they' ve grabbed it with both hands. could you imagine a football team being created and making it to the world cup in 10 years? in 2001, the year they formed the cricket board, afghanistan were 90th in the world, the worst at the time. by 2010 they' d made it to the world twenty20. amazing .
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and so the message that comes across is that cricket is the passport to seeing the world. as individuals, each has fought his own personal battle, and as judged by the rousing speeches before each match -
let' s show the world afghanistan is a great nation
- their main aim is to spread the good name of their country. not that they don' t take the sport seriously - far from it. their determination to win has upset opponents the world over. the film records a moment when one player is cruelly run out by his ball - watching partner .
why did you send me to play with a fucking bisexual ?
he screams at the coach .
out of the ashes had me laughing and crying - sometimes both at the same time. it has it all. it' s brilliantly written, with some of the liveliest characters i' ve ever seen portrayed in non - fiction. it really is a superb story of underdog spirit, struggle with adversity and hope and happiness amid war, terror and poverty. it shows how positive an impact sport can have on society and it shows afghanistan and its people in a different and much more positive light than that in which they are normally cast. follow the team from their humble beginnings in pakistani refugee camps across the border (on donkeyback) into afghanistan and through their meteoric rise up the rankings, from world cricket' s worst team to one of its best. you will not be disappointed .
there often is not much joy that comes out of afghanistan these days. this book is the exception! this is a book will appeal to book lovers, arm chair travelers, sports enthusiasts and especially cricketers. the remarkable rise of the afghan cricket team. a journey that, if it were not true, would cause people to shake their heads in disbelief. a real feel good book. afghanistan has an extraordinary ability to get normal people to achieve some remarkable things. alborne' s book is supremely written and brings this wonderful story to life. if alborne' s film of the same title was an achievement, this is a triumph !
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a terrific and heart - warming story, a sort of kiterunner in batting gloves. this story of taj malik and his intrepid afghan team - mates makes you feel that with luck, everything might turn out all right after all ...
- - michael simkin, author of fatty batter
taj malik and his team prove that the passion for cricket can survive anything. tim albone' s labour of love is the tribute they deserve .
- - gideon haigh
it pays to remember that most of the team had never left their native country, let alone found themselves in the impossibly white and middle - class surrounds of jersey and its royal potatoes .
success turned the team into stars in afghanistan, and we see them treated to an open - top bus parade through the country, as happy masses line the streets, some of them shooting machine guns into the air, others setting fire to huge streams of deodorant that burst like flares into the night sky .
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despite the crowds, i never felt threatened. everyone was just so overjoyed at the team' s achievements and so happy we were capturing it all ,
albone says on the team' s triumphant return to kabul .
soldiers fired guns in the air in celebration, people hung out of windows of cars and screamed around the city' s streets and the players were treated like heroes. the next day i left jalalabad for kabul. i was travelling in a car with only a driver. on the trip we came across some police who stopped us; in the road were blood stains and spent bullet cartridges - only minutes before, we were told, the police had been in a gun battle with the taliban, some had been killed. it was a lucky escape .
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two years ago a team of documentary - makers began to follow a cricket team around on their quest to make it to the world twenty20. their labour of love is now ready to view
i just got this today and i' m already half way through. it' s one of the funniest, most touching books i have ever read. a real story of triumph over adversity .
in jersey the senior players can' t keep their eyes off the titillating hemlines of the fairer sex. these snatched glimpses of excitable afghans undoubtedly raise a smile, but the message is clear and poignant: this group of men haven' t seen much, at all, outside afghanistan. the sea was a mystery, as was swimming in it. bingo - winged ladies in their 80s, dancing? that was new and a sight to behold, if only briefly. a lush - green outfield, as soft as feather pillows, was as alien as the pimms being sipped beyond the boundary .
nowroz mangal (right) and asghar salakhail of afghanistan leave the field after beating netherlands during the icc world cricket league division one match this month. photograph: christopher lee / getty images
at dubai airport there are scenes reminiscent of sacha baron cohen' s borat, when one of the squad steps nervously onto an escalator for the first time before self - consciously regaining his composure in front of the camera. the irrepressible taj malik, who began as coach before he was emotionally dumped, then introduces himself (and nation) to weary travellers, including an american, who seemed both excited and confused at once, and a little scared .
they play cricket like war ,
says the british ambassador to afghanistan. but when they come up against international teams ,
they' re going to be stuffed !
he guffaws, a little too smugly for comfort. like most observers of afghanistan' s cricket team a couple of years ago, he didn' t give the side much hope of making a lasting impact on the great game .
tim albone is the former times and sunday times correspondent in afghanistan. in 2008 he was shortlisted for the bayeux - calvados war correspondent award. he is currently making a documentary about the afghan cricket team and for the last fifteen months has had unlimited access to the squad during their remarkable effort to reach the world cup .
this is a fascinating account of a truly extraordinary story. it' s as good an
underdog triumphing
story as you are ever likely to read. it charts the incredible rise of an afghan cricket team from refugee camps to qualification for the 2020 world cup. even if you' re not a cricket fan you should read this. it' s the other side of war - torn afghanistan that you don' t see on the news. highly recommended .
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there are too many wonderful little moments to tell you about. best among them may be when we watch the team' s original coach, taj malik, stare in fascinated horror at a group of old ladies line - dancing to a terrible rendition of amarillo by the house band in a hotel bar. that, or the look on his brother karim' s face as he watches a lithe female flamenco dancer writhe on a chair in buenos aires. or, then again, perhaps it is when the team manager marches down to the sea in st helier only to report, intensely underwhelmed ,
in afghanistan we have rivers that are more impressive than this .
or when karim screams
why do i have to bat with a [ rude word ] bisexual! he is a bisexual !
after being run - out by a team - mate .
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i love this book! such a heatwarming tale of the underdog. i have no idea about cricket but am interested in afghanistan and thought this book would provide me with some good news ...
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my daughter sent me this book and with no knowledge of cricket, or afghanistan i found it a compelling and inspiring read .
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an amazing true story told both for those who love cricket and those who wouldn' t know the first thing about it .
i' d never heard of jersey. i thought it was new jersey in usa ,
says hasti gul, a lisp reinforcing his naturally gentle demeanour .
are there muslims and halal food in jersey ?
asks another .
no, they call it pork, i think. it' s pork, isn' t it? god help us if we have to eat that meat .
the sight of a pizza is exciting, then terrifying .
are you sure this doesn' t have any donkey meat ?
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even if you don' t like cricket go and see it... the best doc i have ever seen... truly incredible. taj is a legend .
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out of the ashes is a 2010 british documentary film directed by tim albone , lucy martens and leslie knott . it documents the story of the afghanistan national cricket team 's qualification for the 2010 icc world twenty20 tournament . 
out of the ashes is a 2010 british documentary film directed by tim albone, lucy martens and leslie knott. it documents the story of the afghanistan national cricket team's qualification for the 2010 icc world twenty20 tournament.
out of the ashes is a 2010 british documentary film directed by tim albone, lucy martens and leslie knott. it documents the story of the afghanistan national cricket team's qualification for the 2010 icc world twenty20 tournament.