Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- More than three years after fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban swept to power, a women's team of refugee cricketers will play an exhibition match in Melbourne on Thursday, hoping it will be a first step on the path to full internationals.
Afghanistan is an established force in the men's game, having reached the semi-finals of last year's T20 World Cup co-hosted by the United States and West Indies.
But women's sport has been disbanded in the country since the Taliban takeover in August, 2021.The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) had 25 contracted women players in 2020 but most now live in Australia in exile, with others settled in Canada and Britain.
Developing women's cricket in Afghanistan was no picnic before the Talib...