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

Female cricketers from Afghanistan are to become the first recipients of support from a Global Refugee Cricket Fund.

In 2020, 25 players were given professional contracts by the Afghanistan Cricket Board but after the Taliban returned and ...

In 2020, 25 female players were given professional contracts by the Afghanistan Cricket Board. When the Taliban returned to power the following year, more than 20 members of the Afghanistan women ...

The Afghanistan Cricket Board made a significant stride in November 2020 when it handed 25 promising women cricketers professional contracts. But before the fledgling squad had a chance to play ...

But the game is set to go ahead even though the Taliban's move to effectively ban female participation puts the Afghanistan Cricket Board at odds with International Cricket Council rules.

Female participation in sport has effectively been outlawed since the Taliban's return to power in 2021, a move that puts the Afghanistan Cricket Board in direct contravention of the rules of the ...

She believes that if Brendon McCullum’s side were to boycott their fixture against Afghanistan – as has been urged by 160 parliamentarians in a letter to the England and Wales Cricket Board in ...

The team was formed in 2020 by the Afghanistan Cricket Board, prompted by ICC rules that stipulate countries must have men's and women's sides. But when the Taliban reclaimed power, they ...

Afghanistan suffered a big blow ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025 as the young spinner was ruled out of the tournament due ...