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Afghanistan women’s cricket team reunites for first match in three years after 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 Afghanistan ...
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Afghanistan Women’s Cricket Team To Take Field With Pride, But Thorny Issue Remains In A Stalemate
ForbesThe Afghanistan Women’s Cricket Saga Continues To Haunt The SportBy Tristan Lavalette Amiri has had to rebuild her life in much different surroundings. More than three years have passed ...
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'A real beacon of hope' - CA hopes Afghanistan women can play international cricket
Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley has described Thursday's exhibition match featuring an Afghanistan Women's XI in Melbourne as the first small step towards playing international cricket ...
The Afghan women's team who will not be silenced
The Afghanistan Women's XI played their first match after an evacuation likened to "a Jason Bourne movie", led by three women ...
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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
Tooba Khan's life changed forever when Afghanistan fell back into the hands of the Taliban in 2021. The brutal regime effectively outlawed sport for women, with death as the penalty. Cricket was ...
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Afghanistan women's cricket: The refugee team who will not be silenced
The Afghan women's team who will not be silenced "Don't do anything until I get back!" Mel Jones was in the middle of a television commentary, but she was also in the middle of masterminding an ...
Rumer, Kerry Godliman, Afghan women's cricket
Afghanistan’s women’s cricket team have played their first match since being exiled three years ago. Cricket commentator Alison Mitchell and Firoza Amiri from the squad discuss the game and their ...
England will not boycott Afghanistan match at cricket’s Champions Trophy, says ECB chair
England will play their Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan later this month, England's cricket board (ECB) said on ...
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Government remains behind ECB’s decision to fulfil Afghanistan fixture
England’s men are due to face Afghanistan in Lahore on February 26 but there have been calls for the England and Wales Cricket Board to sit the match out in protest at the assault on women’s ...
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Cricket Diplomacy: England's Stand Amidst Calls for Boycott
England's cricket board (ECB) will proceed with their Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan, despite calls for a boycott ...
Three years after fleeing Taliban rule, Afghanistan women's cricket team reunites for match
Afghanistan’s women’s cricket team reunited after three years in exile due to the Taliban’s takeover and played a charity match in Melbourne. Team captain Nahida Sapan hopes the match will spark a ...
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Afghanistan women’s cricket team reunites for first match in three years after 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 ...