Afghanistan Ladies’s XI gamers huddle earlier than the cricket match between Afghanistan Ladies’s XI and Cricket With out Borders XI at Junction Oval in Melbourne on January 30, 2025. — AFP
NEW DELHI: The Worldwide Cricket Council has pledged extra help to Afghanistan’s displaced ladies’s cricketers to get again to enjoying.
Most had been pressured into exile when the Taliban regained energy in 2021 after which successfully outlawed ladies from enjoying sport.
Many fled to Australia and held a match — with out their official crest — in Melbourne earlier this 12 months.
The ICC’s annual convention in Singapore on the weekend heard that progress had been made on the governing physique’s Afghanistan ladies’s cricket initiative.
“The programme aims to deliver structured support,” the ICC mentioned in a press release late Sunday.
It consists of “domestic playing opportunities, and engagement at key ICC global events, including the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 in India and the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 in England,” the assertion continued, with out giving particulars.
However stories mentioned it is going to allow Afghanistan gamers the possibility to talk to fellow worldwide cricketers and attend workshops performed by coaches on the international showpieces.
The initiative is a collaborative effort by the cricket boards of India, England, India and Australia beneath the supervision of ICC deputy chair Imran Khwaja.
