Afghanistan Women’s Cricket Team To Take Field With Pride, But Thorny Issue Remains In A Stalemate
Afghanistan women's cricket team will take the field in an exhibition match in Australia, but their cricketing plight remains ...
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Afghanistan's female cricketers reunite for a match after 3 years in exile due to Taliban ban
An Afghanistan Women’s XI will play a Cricket Without Borders XI in the match at Melbourne’s Junction Oval. It will bring together 21 female players who were formerly contracted by the ...
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Fabricating stories, burning jerseys and secret plans: The tale of Afghanistan women's arrival in Australia
Check out the emotional story of Afghanistan's women cricketers, their struggles under the Taliban's ban on women's cricket, ...
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What is the background to calls for Afghanistan cricket boycott?
The International Cricket Council (ICC) requires its full members, of which Afghanistan is one, to have a national women's team, but the men's team has retained its Test status, reached the semi ...
Cover stories, dodging ISIS... and escape that had ‘no chance’: True story behind Aussie cricket history
The players were tasked with fabricating cover stories, such as travelling to Pakistan to visit a sick family member in ...
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England to play Afghanistan despite boycott calls
In 2020, 25 female players were given professional contracts by the Afghanistan Cricket Board. When the Taliban returned to power the following year, more than 20 members of the Afghanistan women ...
After fleeing the Taliban, the Afghan women’s cricket team is finally playing together – in Australia
An Afghan women’s cricket team is set to play its first match in years. It could put pressure on the International Cricket ...
England-Afghanistan to go ahead despite ECB speaking out over 'gender apartheid'
The ECB board has confirmed that England's men will fulfil their fixture against Afghanistan at the Champions Trophy this ...
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The Afghanistan Women's Cricket team have played together for the first time — but the match was so much more than a game
Fast forward to 2025, and the Afghanistan Women’s Cricket team has just made history, playing their first match representing their country — an exhibition match, yesterday in Melbourne.
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England will not boycott Afghanistan match at Champions Trophy, says ECB chair
"We will continue to press the ICC to take further action, including ringfencing a meaningful portion of funding to support female players from Afghanistan to be able to access cricket," he added.
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England make decision on Afghanistan clash at Champions Trophy after calls for boycott
Recommended Afghanistan women’s cricket team reunites for first match in three years after Taliban ban Heather Knight urges ICC to help ‘forgotten’ Afghanistan women’s team Afghanistan ...