It was a warm night in Kabul. Just days earlier, on August 15th 2021, the Taliban had seized control of the Afghan capital, and with it, the country. At around 4am Feroza Afghan, then a 17-year ...

Afghanistan Women's XI players pose for a team photo during the cricket match between Afghanistan Women's XI and Cricket Without Borders XI at Junction Oval in Melbourne (AFP via Getty Images ...

It’s bigger than cricket.” Under Taliban rule, the Afghanistan Cricket Board cannot field a national women’s team because the country’s laws forbid women from playing sport, studying and ...

who fled the country after the Taliban takeover in 2021, speak to ESPNcricinfo about the complexities of Afghanistan's place in world cricket ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Afghan women cricketers will finally get high-level support in a bid to rejoin international competition after the sport’s world governing body created a taskforce ...

Zikria, a 30-year-old Kabul resident, stayed up after the predawn prayers to follow Afghanistan’s ICC T20 World Cup 2024 virtual knockout match against Bangladesh that started at 5am (00:30 GMT).

This year, TLC 2.0 proudly sponsors the Afghanistan Cricket team, a partnership set to captivate fans worldwide. The tournament, scheduled from June 1st to 9th, 2024, spans venues in the West ...

Australia, where Amiri and Hashimi live, refuse to play Afghanistan in bilateral cricket. This has caused Amiri to wonder whether selective shunning of the men's team is worthwhile. "If it has an ...