Afghanistan women's cricket team will take the field in an exhibition match in Australia, but their cricketing plight remains ...

WCA CEO suggests systematic ways to support the Afghan women’s cricket team as they play their first cricket match in three ...

An Afghan women’s cricket team is set to play its first match in years. It could put pressure on the International Cricket ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It will bring together 21 female players who were formerly contracted by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) before 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 ...

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.