'We just dream to play cricket for our country': Afghan women demand ICC takes stand against Taliban Cricket's governing body is under fire from Afghan women after being banned from playing by the Taliban, while men have continued competing.
While she escaped with her parents and siblings to a new life, her extended family remain at home and she believes now more than ever a female cricket team representing Afghanistan would give women of the country some hope.
A total of 25 female players, who were selected to train in 2020 with the plan that they would eventually represent Afghanistan before the Taliban took over in 2021, are living in exile in Australia.
Now political pressure has been growing, including from more than 160 MPs and peers, for the England men's cricket team to boycott their upcoming Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan next month.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been accused of making "unfair decisions" following the deterioration of women's rights under Afghanistan's hardline rulers.
