Cricket Australia (CA) have pulled out of their upcoming ODI collection in opposition to Afghanistan within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) scheduled for March after their India tour. After consulting with a number of stakeholders, together with the Australian authorities, CA have determined to withdraw from the three-match rubber.
In an official assertion, the cricket board addressed the choice following the Taliban authorities’s current announcement concerning additional restrictions on ladies’s and women’ schooling and employment.
The board has, on a number of events, condemned the restrictions imposed by the Taliban regime on feminine participation in sports activities since seizing management of Afghanistan in 2021.
The CA assertion reads, as quoted by cricket.com.au:
“CA is dedicated to supporting rising the sport for men and women world wide, together with in Afghanistan, and can proceed to interact with the Afghanistan Cricket Board in anticipation of improved situations for ladies and women within the nation. We thank the Australian Authorities for its help on this matter.”
Afghanistan stay the one full-time member and not using a ladies’s facet and would be the solely full-time member nation and not using a feminine group on the inaugural ladies’s U19 T20 World Cup starting on Saturday in Benoni. CA additionally canceled the one-off Take a look at in opposition to Afghanistan in Hobart in the summertime of 2021.
Australia to lose ICC ODI Tremendous League factors after canceling the collection in opposition to Afghanistan
With CA forfeiting their collection in opposition to Afghanistan, the 30 ICC ODI Tremendous League factors on supply will go to the opposition. Nonetheless, it is going to be of little concern to the five-time champions as they’ve already secured direct qualification to the 50-over World Cup in India in October.
The collection in opposition to Afghanistan was to be their final within the Tremendous League. Nonetheless, they’ve 11 extra ODIs lined up in opposition to India and South Africa mixed. Australia final confronted Afghanistan in a 2019 World Cup fixture in Bristol, with David Warner’s unbeaten 89 incomes him the Participant of the Match award after their seven-wicket victory.
Issues went proper all the way down to the wire however after an epic present with the bat, #AfghanAtalan fell brief by jussst 4 runs to Australia. 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋-𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐎, 𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓 👏👏#T20WorldCup | #AFGvAUS https://t.co/6IzP4ZKku9
The Males in Yellow additionally overcame Afghanistan by 4 runs within the T20 World Cup 2022 sport on the Adelaide Oval.
