Afghanistan women's refugee team to tour England
Summary
The Afghanistan women's refugee cricket team will tour England in June 2025 to play matches and train. This team was formed after many players fled Afghanistan following the Taliban's ban on women’s sports.Key Facts
- Over 20 members of the Afghanistan women's cricket team have lived in exile in Australia since 2021.
- The Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan banned women from participating in sports.
- The refugee team played its first match in Melbourne in January 2025.
- The team will play T20 cricket matches and attend the T20 World Cup final in England.
- The England and Wales Cricket Board sees the tour as culturally and sportingly important.
- The International Cricket Council created a taskforce and fund to support displaced Afghan female cricketers.
- The ICC requires full member countries, including Afghanistan, to have a women's team, but Afghanistan’s women’s team cannot currently compete internationally from their home country.
- Afghan players want the ICC to allow the exiled women to represent Afghanistan like FIFA has done for women's football.
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