The Afghanistan women's cricket team remain hopeful about their future after receiving an outpouring of support at their exhibition match against Cricket Without Borders. The exiled cricketers ...

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.

Of the 25 women once contracted by the Afghanistan Cricket Board, 22 are now settled in the Australian cities of Melbourne and Canberra. Some of these players have lobbied the governing ...

While Afghanistan has an established men's team and enjoys funding from the International Cricket Council , the women are unfunded and unsanctioned by the global body despite pleas for support ...

(Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia) On Thursday, the Afghanistan women’s cricket team is set to play their first exhibition game in three years. In a T20 contest ...

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

Afghanistan pacer Shapoor Zadran ... but it eventually comes for every player. After 22 years of service, sacrifice, and love for cricket, I officially announce my retirement from international ...

Afghanistan's female cricketers play an exhibition match at the Junction Oval in Melbourne, with the players hoping to "open ...

Zadran retires following a distinguished career that spanned for more than 10 years, with the veteran left-armer playing a major role in the rise of Afghanistan ... for every player. After 22 years of ...

"We are going to represent millions of Afghan women who are in Afghanistan and denied their rights," player Firoza Amiri told Cricket Australia before the match. "It's very special for all of us ...