Cricket-MCC announces fund for Aghan women's refugee team
Afghanistan's exiled women cricketers will be the first beneficiaries of a new refugee fund started by the Marylebone Cricket Club, the MCC said on Friday. Hundreds of athletes fled Afghanistan after the Taliban reclaimed power in 2021 and effected sweeping restrictions on women in the country.

Afghan cricketers play 1st match since fleeing Taliban

Afghan cricketers play first match since fleeing Taliban
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Empowering Afghan Women's Cricket Amidst Adversity
Afghanistan cricket: Women's side play first cricket match since fleeing country after Taliban rule
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The exiled Afghanistan womens cricket team is set to face Cricket Without Borders XI in Melbourne at the Junction Oval on January 30; Afghanistans coach has said the historic fixture is more important
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England's Buttler rejects boycott of Afghanistan match in Champions Trophy
Despite political pressures, Buttler affirmed England’s intent to play Afghanistan in the upcoming Champions Trophy.
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It will bring together 21 female players who were formerly contracted by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) before the Taliban regime ... to have a women’s side. England and Australia are ...
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Captain Jos Buttler says England's match against Afghanistan at the Champions Trophy should go ahead after calls for a boycott over the Taliban regime's assault on women's rights.
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Afghanistan boycott ‘not way to go’, says England captain Buttler
England’s white-ball captain Jos Buttler has insisted that a boycott of their upcoming match against Afghanistan over the Taliban’s treatment of women is not “the way to go about it”. The England and Wales Cricket Board has faced growing pressure from politicians and activists to boycott next month’s fixture with Afghanistan,
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Afghanistan Women’s Cricket Team To Take Field With Pride, But Thorny Issue Remains In A Stalemate
The match, played hours before the women's Ashes Test match between Australia and England ... the Taliban even though cricket is the most popular sport in the country. But most on the ICC board ...
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Afghan female cricketers play first match since fleeing Taliban
Featuring 21 players, the Afghanistan Women’s XI had their first cricket face-off in Melbourne, with hopes of opening up opportunities for other Afghan women
The Afghanistan Women's Cricket team have played together for the first time — but the match was so much more than a game
After being evacuated from Afghanistan to Australia in 2021, these women have just played their first cricket match as a team — ever.
After fleeing the Taliban, the Afghan women’s cricket team is finally playing together – in Australia
An Afghan women’s cricket team is set to play its first match in years. It could put pressure on the International Cricket Council to do more for Afghan women.