Australia threaten to cancel match with AfghanistanAFP, SYDNEYCricket Australia yesterday said that it would cancel a maiden Test match against Afghanistan unless the Taliban backtracks on a reported ban on women playing sport. “I don’t think women will be allowed to play cricket, because it is not necessary that women should play cricket,” Wasiq told Australian broadcaster SBS on Wednesday. Islam does not allow women to be seen like this.”Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan reacts during their Cricket World Cup match against Pakistan at Headingley in Leeds, England, on June 29, 2019. “If recent media reports that women’s cricket will not be supported in Afghanistan are substantiated, Cricket Australia would have no alternative but to not host Afghanistan for the proposed Test Match due to be played in Hobart.”The Australian Cricketers’ Association said it “unequivocally” supported Cricket Australia’s position. “What is happening now in Afghanistan is a human rights issue that transcends the game of cricket,” the association said.

Source: Taipei Times September 09, 2021 15:56 UTC