Afghan women’s cries are re -united to the match after 3 years in exile for banning Taliban

The cricket of Firooza Amiri says her team “will represent millions of women in Afghanistan, who have been denied her rights” when she reunited again after more than three years for an exhibition match in Australia on Thursday.

Female XI Afghanistan will play a cricket without the borders of XI in the match in Melbourne’s Junction oval. He will gather 21 women players previously contracted by the Afghan Cricket (ACB) Committee before the Talibana regime restarted control in August 2021.

Ever since they flee to Afghanistan, women’s cries, they have banned playing in their country, they have been sitting in Canberra and Melbourne and have played for various club teams at local competitions.

Amiri and Nahida Sapan, who will thank the Afghan female XI XI, thanks to the Australian Government and the Australia of Australia for their support in the promotion of the female sport.

“It’s very special for all of us to gather after three years, let’s leave everything and lose everything home in Afghanistan and gather again,” Amiri said this week.

Amiri was forced to escape in her country when the Talibani took control. She and her family first traveled to Pakistan and then evacuated to Australia.

“I also want to express the deepest gratitude to everyone who supports us. Your support means the world to us,” Sapan said. “Together we build not only a team. We build a movement for changes and improvement.

“This is a very historic moment for all Afghan women. This match can open the door for Afghan women for education, sports and our future.”

Sapan told BBC in 2023 that her family had received death threats from government officials after the Taliban re-set up power. Threatening messages include, “If we find you, we won’t let you live.”

Executive director Crickket Australia Nick Hockley praised the player’s resistance. He said it was a powerful moment when they were presented to them by T -shirts for a team for the exhibition match.

“To see their shirts with their names and numbers for the first time, you can see how much it means to them,” Hockley said. “I’m just inspired by their resistance, their love for the game.”

Hockley said CA would continue to “advocate” for changes globally through discussions with the International Cauc Council (ICC). He said the game on Thursday represented an important first step.

“This match illuminates the fact that in places around the world, every woman and girl have no opportunity to play,” Hockley said. “We continue to advocate the ICC -in the ACB (Afghan Cricket Committee).

“It’s such a complex situation. It’s bigger than a cricket.”

According to the reign of the Taliban, the Afghan Cricket Committee cannot cite a national female team because the laws of the country prohibit women to engage in sports, study and medical education, who have criticized the world groups, including the International Criminal Court.

Afghanistan is a full member of the ICC, a condition of this status, he should require that he has a female side.

England and Australia refuse to participate in direct series against Afghanistan in protest, but continue to play against ICC events, such as the next month in Pakistan, the next month Trophy Trophy.

Captain of the England’s crisis, Jos Buttler, said last week that his side should not boycott the match against the men’s team in Afghanistan, when they were to play in the champion trophy on February 26 in Lahore. The South African Sports Minister of Sports, however, invited Proteas to boycott their match against Afghanistan in the same tournament.

Asked why Australia is ready to play a male game against Afghanistan at the ICC event, but not in a bilateral series, Hockley said Ca was “duties” to play all its scheduled devices at ICC events.

“We really try to do everything we can in our power to make a difference,” Hockley said. “We played Afghanistan in other ICC events. You have to draw a line somewhere and I think we set our attitude quite clear.”

Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan from the male cricket team in Afghanistan announced the support of women’s education on social networks after the Talibani closed the Institute of Nursing and midwives.

Hockley said he hoped that the match on Thursday, the format for which it was not announced, would become the annual and that he would “promote a lot of conversations”.

“You need moments like this to encourage a real change. The first piece is consciousness,” Hockley said. “I hope this game just raises consciousness. I think it’s a real lighthouse of hope.”