Afghan women could still play, board chairman saysAFP, SYDNEYWomen could still be allowed to play cricket, the chairman of Afghanistan’s Cricket Board on Friday told an Australian broadcaster in an apparent backflip on the Taliban’s hardline stance. “We will give you our clear position on how we will allow women to play cricket,” he told SBS Radio Pashto, the broadcaster reported on its English-language Web site. Under International Cricket Council (ICC) regulations, nations with Test status must also have an active women’s team. Despite reports that many of the women’s team were in hiding in Kabul and that members of the Taliban had come looking for them, Fazli insisted they were safe. “The women cricket coach Diana Barakzai and her players are all safe and living in their home country,” he told SBS.

Source: Taipei Times September 11, 2021 09:56 UTC