The Afghanistan ... boost for the team after his recovery from an ankle injury. However, Mujeeb ur Rahman, a key spinner, misses out due to medical advice to focus on T20 cricket.

After being evacuated from Afghanistan to Australia in 2021, these women have just played their first cricket match as a team — ever.

Firooza Amiri and Benafsha Hashimi, who fled the country after the Taliban takeover in 2021, speak to ESPNcricinfo about the complexities of Afghanistan's place in world cricket ...

England and Afghanistan play ICC events (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images ... Afghanistan's cricket board, which is meddled by the government, and effectively ban the men's team from playing.

Don't ban the Afghanistan men's side from playing international cricket ... via Getty Images "I think the frustration has been the lack of conversation around it. And so here's this amazing ...