The Afghanistan Women's XI played their first match after an evacuation likened to "a Jason Bourne movie", led by three women on the other side of the world.

Afghanistan will take part in the Champions Trophy for the first time in their history as one of the eight teams involved in the 2025 edition of the tournament, which begins in Pakistan on February 19 ...

The 2025 edition, scheduled to be played in Pakistan and the UAE from February 19, will see teams playing only three league matches before the knockouts, unlike the nine-game group stage in the World ...

The first match by the Afghan women’s cricket team is placing the Taliban under additional diplomatic pressure.

The players of the Afghanistan Women's XI were among hundreds of athletes who fled their home nation when the Taliban returned to power in 2021, bringing sweeping restrictions on women. Of the 25 ...

WCA CEO suggests systematic ways to support the Afghan women’s cricket team as they play their first cricket match in three ...

Afghanistan unveiled their squad for the highly anticipated ICC World Cup 2023, with top-order batsman Hashmatullah Shahidi entrusted with the leadership role. In a notable comeback, Naveen-ul-Haq ...

She believes that if Brendon McCullum’s side were to boycott their fixture against Afghanistan ... s cricket has been completely erased and without voices like hers, the world might forget ...

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 ...

ECB chief executive Richard Gould subsequently wrote to the International Cricket Council condemning the "gender apartheid" in Afghanistan, where female participation in sport has been effectively ...

‘Do not want you to be in danger’ Due to Afghanistan’s resistance in women’s cricket, Australia and England have refused ... qualifying for the semi-finals of the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup in the West ...