Kabul, April 17 -- The Afghanistan Cricket Board will not see any of its funding from the International Cricket Council cut or diverted to its exiled women's cricketers.
An initiative to support the displaced Afghan players was announced by the ICC following
its board meeting in Zimbabwe last weekend.
However, as reported by ESPN Cricinfo, cricket's global governing body will not reduce or siphon
off money earmarked for the ACB, even though part of the criteria for full membership of the ICC
is to support women's cricket, the BBC reported.
The ICC will support the Afghan women through a separate funding mechanism, while the ACB
will continue to receive a payment believed to be in the region of £13m per year.
All of that funding...