That puts the Afghanistan cricket board at odds with International Cricket Council rules, though the men's team are still allowed to compete. The England and Wales Cricket Board resisted the ...

The Afghanistan women's cricket team fled the country in 2021 after the Taliban regained power and most of them sought refuge in Australia. But for over three years they say they've been ignored ...

Some MPs and human rights groups say the team should boycott the match because of the Taliban’s clampdown on women’s rights, which has seen the Afghan women’s cricket team forced into exile.

Exiled Afghanistan players in Australia share a light moment during their match against Cricket Without Borders in Melbourne • Martin Keep/AFP/Getty Images In Afghanistan, women are being erased ...