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Afghanistan cricket: Women's side play first cricket match since fleeing country after Taliban rule
After more than three years of living in exile, the Afghanistan women's cricket team got chance to represent their country for the first time since the Taliban took over in 2021 on Thursday.
I want England to play Afghanistan at cricket – says teenage girl living under Taliban rule
There is growing pressure on England to boycott February’s Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan, but for those living under Taliban rule cricket provides “a moment of peace in a lifetime of ...
Forbes18d
Afghanistan Women’s Cricket Team To Take Field With Pride, But Thorny Issue Remains In A Stalemate
After the Taliban's bloody takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, effectively ending the fledgling development of women's cricket in the war-torn country, Firooza Amiri had to flee for survival.
Pakistan hopes hosting major cricket tournament will erase worries of instability
Pakistan is hoping that hosting its first major multi-country cricket tournament in nearly 30 years will help erase worries ...
Sky28d
Afghan women demand cricket's governing body takes stand against Taliban
"The ICC must stop making unfair decisions and turn their face to the women of Afghanistan. We are here, we just dream to play cricket for our country." As far as the ICC is concerned the matter ...
NDTV8d
Champions Trophy: ECB Confirms England Will Play Match Against Afghanistan Amid Calls For Boycott
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that England's men's team will play their scheduled ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025 fixture against Afghanistan, scheduled on February 26 in ...
England will not boycott Afghanistan match at Champions Trophy, says ECB chair
England will play their Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan later this month, England's cricket board (ECB) said on Thursday, despite calls to boycott the game in response to the Taliban ...
Outlookindia17d
Afghanistan Women Cricketers Reunite For An Exhibition Match In Australia After Three Years In Exile
It's bigger than cricket.” Under Taliban rule, the Afghanistan Cricket Board cannot field a national women's team because the country's laws forbid women from playing sports, studying and ...
The Hindu17d
Afghanistan’s female cricketers reunite for match after 3 years in exile due to Taliban ban
Under Taliban rule, the Afghanistan Cricket Board cannot field a national women’s team because the country’s laws forbid women from playing sport, studying and medical education, moves that ...
The Straits Times8d
England will not boycott Afghanistan match at cricket’s Champions Trophy, says ECB chair
England will play their Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan later this month, England’s cricket board (ECB ... the Taliban takeover of their country in August 2021.
BBC4d
The Afghan women's team who will not be silenced - BBC
The former Australia cricketer was one of the three women who organised and funded ways for the Afghanistan women's cricket team to flee their country in 2021 in what she said felt at times like ...