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ACC increases Afghanistan’s share in revised financial distribution model

6th February, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

ESPN: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has revised its financial distribution model and increased the share for cash-strapped Afghanistan from Asia Cup earnings. Afghanistan became a Full Member of the ICC in 2017, but had been earning a lower share from the last two Asia Cups held in 2018 and 2022, with other Full Members

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Economic News | Tags: Cricket |
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Pakistan to Play Three T20Is Against Afghanistan in UAE in March

5th February, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Khaama: On Sunday, Pakistan’s Chairman Cricket Board, Najam Sethi, informed in a tweet that Pakistan and Afghanistan would play three T20 games against each other by the end of March. He said that the T20I series would compensate for what Afghanistan lost when Cricket Australia pulled out of the ODI series set to take place

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Cricket |
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Rashid Khan takes 500 wickets in T20 cricket

24th January, 2023 · admin

Ariana: Rashid Khan has completed 500 wickets in T20 cricket – only the second bowler after Dwayne Bravo to reach this landmark. Bravo has taken 614 wickets at an average of 24.13 in 556 matches. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Sports News | Tags: Cricket, Rashid Khan |
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ICC under increasing pressure to suspend Afghanistan

23rd January, 2023 · admin

DW: The inexhorable rise of the Afghanistan men’s cricket team since 2000 has been lauded as a heartwarming story of triumph amid war, occupation, poverty, repression and regime change. However, following the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 and the subsequent ban on female participation in sport or exercise, as well as the loss

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Cricket |
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Afghanistan’s cricket team under fire as players meet with Taliban and say “politics” shouldn’t stop sports

19th January, 2023 · admin

CBS News: The national cricket team’s players and board members have met on multiple occasions with Taliban leaders, including the head of the notorious Haqqani network, and posed for photos with them. Sirajuddin Haqqani is the current acting Minister of the Interior under the Taliban regime. The FBI has offered $10 million to anyone who

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Haqqani Network, Political News, Taliban | Tags: Cricket, Sirajuddin Haqqani |
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Human Rights Watch calls on ICC to ban Afghanistan

16th January, 2023 · admin

Ariana: Human Rights Watch has called for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to follow through on its own anti-discrimination policy and suspend Afghanistan from ICC membership. The organisation’s director of global initiatives Minky Worden said the suspension of Afghanistan from participating in international cricket should stand “until women and girls can once again participate in

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Cricket, Life under Taliban rule |
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ACB reaches out to PCB for ODI series after Australia setback

15th January, 2023 · admin

Geo: Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) Sunday approached the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to play a series other than the decided ICC Super League games between the two countries after Australia decided to call off its series with the Afghan team. A reliable source in the PCBhas confirmed that it has received a request from the

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Australia-Afghanistan Relations, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghanistan Cricket Board, Cricket |
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Afghan players call for politics to be kept out of sport

13th January, 2023 · admin

Ariana: Afghan cricketers reacted strongly to Australia’s decision to scrap the three-match ODI series scheduled for March in the UAE on Thursday, with a number of players threatening to boycott the Big Bash League (BBL). Australia said in a statement early Thursday they were calling off the series, citing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s decision

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Australia-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Cricket, Life under Taliban rule, Rashid Khan, Taliban war on women |
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Australia Dumps Afghan Cricket Series Over Taliban Crackdown On Women

12th January, 2023 · admin

AFP: Australia pulled out of an upcoming one-day series against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates on January 12, citing Taliban moves to further restrict women’s rights. The men’s team were due to face their Afghan counterparts in three games in March following a tour to India. However, Cricket Australia said that, after talks with

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Australia-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Cricket |
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Afghanistan’s Undercover Athletes: Sportswomen Pose For Portraits Amid Taliban Threats

11th January, 2023 · admin

AP: Since taking power in August 2021, the Taliban has banned sports for Afghan female athletes as part of an escalating campaign of restrictions that have hindered daily life for women. Fearing reprisals, these women posed for portraits in their burqas with the equipment of the sports they love but are officially banned from participating

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Photos, Taliban | Tags: Cricket, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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