How coming to Australia revived these Afghan women's dreams of playing cricket again

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Most of the women who should be playing cricket for Afghanistan have resettled in Australia since the Taliban took over the country, but they are disappointed by a lack of support from the International Cricket Council.

"When the Taliban came, we became hopeless … if a miracle happens … we want to go to the field for Afghanistan … for people to encourage us and for audiences to come," she said."Because my life was in danger, I separated from my family. I was in Pakistan for a month. I was afraid. I was very scared," she said.

Early in December the team wrote to the chairman of the ICC, and the ACB, asking for clarification of their situation. In a response earlier this month, the ICC told the women it was a matter for the ACB, suggesting their hands were tied.With most of her national teammates in Australia, Roya Samim has resettled in Canada.

The women were paid for the first six months of their contracts in 2021, but since the Taliban took over they have not seen a cent that was supposedly earmarked for their development.

 

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1) move to Australia to do sport 2) instead of sport spend the best years of your life filling out forms

Also got a free house and welfare for life. Not bad if you can get it

My dream is that one day you will ditch the head rags. God shall not smite you.

We should send them back.

Yet they still cover their hair to keep Muslim men happy . The irony .

Well done to them - really hope they all get to play competitively again. Can’t see how the ICC though can allow Afghanistan to retain full membership when they have acted so abhorrently towards their female cricketers

Cricket? Well if that's what they want to do i guess.

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