"Ladies's Cricket In Afghanistan A Concern"- ICC ICC CEO Geoff Allardice

The ICC Ladies’s U-19 & Ladies’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to happen in South Africa. That is the primary time that ICC is organizing a U-19 match for Ladies. Afghanistan is the one nation that’s not participating in each tournaments since ladies have been barred to play cricket.

Many cricketers like Rashid Khan have raised their voices however within the final 12 months there was no enchancment. Cricket Australia (CA) refused to host Afghanistan’s Males Cricket group the place the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) stated that they couldn’t ship the ladies’s cricket group for the tour.

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ICC CEO Geoff Allardice on Afghanistan

ICC CEO Geoff Allardice was having a digital press convention and was requested about Afghanistan Cricket. “Clearly, the latest developments [banning higher education for girls] in Afghanistan are regarding. Our board has been monitoring progress for the reason that change of regime. It’s a concern that progress is just not being made in Afghanistan and it’s one thing our board will take into account at its subsequent assembly in March. So far as we’re conscious, there isn’t exercise in the mean time.” stated Geoff Allardice.

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Former ACB Director on Problem

Former ACB Director Asad Ullah was having an interplay with ESPNcricinfo and was requested about Afghanistan. “Ladies’s cricket in Afghanistan has at all times been a burning difficulty and I don’t see there’s a resolution proper now. There shall be a cultural problem and we hardly have a pool of gamers within the nation. The truth is, there has by no means been a ladies’s group even earlier than the Taliban got here into energy. There have been a handful of ladies enjoying cricket inside their residence as a leisure exercise. It by no means made it onto the sphere as a result of there was no actual intent or platform.” stated Asad Ullah.

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“There hasn’t been any curiosity in any respect. Undoubtedly they will play, in the event that they need to, however in Afghanistan, it was not an choice for ladies. There’s a large variety of ladies who left the nation considering that they gained’t have the liberty to play sports activities. However are they enjoying sports activities in Australia or elsewhere? I don’t assume so. They left for a greater future which is their proper however cricket amongst ladies in Afghanistan hasn’t been common anyway and it hasn’t been inspired both.” he added.

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