Forget the Black Caps or Scotland.
After a chance encounter earlier this week, two Dunedin-born lads are throwing their support behind a less likely World Cup Cricket team: Afghanistan.
Callum (16) and Timmy (13) Flett got more than they bargained for at the Bayfield High School athletics on Tuesday.
The profoundly deaf brothers have cerebral palsy and are wheelchair-bound.
Between events at the Caledonian Ground, they were wheeled around the nearby World Cup Cricket venue at University Oval.
The fences were covered with tarpaulins so no-one could see in.
But teacher aide Barbara Eberhart said one of the tarpaulins was not tied down properly and, purely by chance, the wind caught it and blew it up so the boys could see the Afghanistan cricket team training inside.
The boys watched for a few minutes before a couple of the cricketers noticed them and, within seconds, half the team had come over to say hello.
The players reached through the fence to shake the boys' hands.
The greatest thrill for the brothers came when two of the cricketers removed their caps and gave them to the boys.
It had been very difficult to get the boys to remove them since, Mrs Eberhart said.
''It was great. They [the cricketers] just seemed to appear out of nowhere.
''They were so friendly and really interested in what the boys were up to.
''We were speaking to them for about 10 minutes.''
The Afghanistan cricket team had two new avid fans during the match against Scotland in Dunedin yesterday.
The boys watched the game intermittently at school during breaks between classes.
Mrs Eberhart said it was heart-warming and a true indication of international human compassion breaking through all barriers of language and culture.
''All you hear about Afghanistan is war and bad things.
''They took the time to come and see us. That connection was great.
''It was nice to see such goodwill.''
