'This is a win for Afghan women': Refugee cricketers send a message to the Taliban
Afghanistan women’s cricket captain Nahida Sapan has declared an exhibition match in Melbourne on Thursday will be used as a statement to the Taliban that women will not be denied the chance to be educated and play sport.
Dubbed “an Afghanistan women’s XI”, the refugee side will have its first match in three years when it faces a team assembled by Cricket Without Borders in a charity clash at the Junction Oval. (*Melbourne)
The team has not taken to the field since the players fled Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in 2021. They have been based in Melbourne and Canberra, making it difficult to even train together.
The Taliban’s institutionalised system of sex and gender discrimination and oppression means since 2021 women cannot play international sport, but the men’s cricket team is free to continue playing, and will face Australia in next month’s Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan.
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