The English game Afghanistan in the key match of the ICC champion trophy for both sides on Wednesday – but there was a call for politicians because of Jos Buttler’s side to boycott in reinforcement in response to the reign of Taliban in the country.
The female cricket team of Afghanistan fled the country in 2021 after the Taliban returned power and most of them sought refuge in Australia. But for more than three years, they say that the International Council for Cricket (ICC) has neglected and stopped, despite the fact that they sent multiple petitions for help.
The men’s team is still allowed to compete during this time, despite the fact that the Earth does not have a female team – something that is not allowed under the Law of the ICC – and seemingly not a penalty.
In January, Afghan -exiled women’s cries presented their country for the first time since Talibani regained control, in which they were in a historic exhibition game against a crislet without borders (CWOB), in what they hope to mark them on the beginning of a new trip.
“It’s time to take the ICC,” says the female cricket in Afghanistan
Afghan women’s cricket, Firoosis Amiri, says the English boycott of the male champions trophy against Afghanistan was not an answer.
Speaking Sky Sports NewsShe said, “It’s good to see that the world wants to support us and support Afghan women, but personally I think the boycott has no influence.”
In the future of the Afghan team, Firooza added: “It’s time for ICC to take action and recognize us as a national team, and let us compete on the world stage or recognize us as a refugee team and then we can represent Afghanistan.”
Sky Sports News Realizes that before the takeover of Taliban in 2021, the Afghan Cricket Committee [ACB] Company to improvement and construction of a women’s program, with 25 players.
This progress stopped in mid -2021, and ICC formed a working group in Afghanistan, to examine the whole series of questions that were created by changing the Government in Afghanistan, including government interference, financing, constitutional issues and women’s crickets.
However, the entire committee was male and after the meeting of 2023, the chiefs of the crisis significantly raised the male team budget, until they provide updating the women’s team.
“Afghan women who are in exile are not part of it. They are not the best told them, and they should have a place at the table,” said Shubham Jain said Sky Sports Newsassociate at the Sport and Human Rights Center and doctoral researcher at Cambridge.
“Their voice must be heard, in order to tell this working group what they can do to change their lives, to make sure that what they do is for their benefit.”
Sky Sports News He realizes that ICC has communicated with the exiled Afghan players. However, there is no direct connection, because this sits with the ACB.
Male players in Afghanistan know things “are not correct” in the home country
Afghan coach Jonathan Tott says his players know “there are things that are not correct” in the country in the midst of attacks on women’s rights in accordance with the Taliban regime.
On the eve of key conflicts of champion trophies against England in Lahore on Wednesday, former American top Batter Tott suggested that his side play for Afghan people, not for the regime.
“They [the players] Know the difference between the correct and the wrong, “he said Bbc. “For them, a real ticklish situation. I try to be compassionate about everything they go through.
“We work very hard to bring joy to the country, and the guys are very passionate and brave and very proud to do it – but well knowing that there are things that are not correct.
“They know who they play and represent for. They can’t speak for individuals, but they can talk about my intentions and passions to play the cricket and try to leave the game in a better place.”
South African born and raised Trott added, “I see the concern of the world, I’m worried … I have daughters playing crickets and I’m completely proud and encouraging it.
“I am proud where I come from and change the country they have done for the benefit of everyone. I hope to see it in Afghanistan one day.”
Captain of Afghanistan, Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, said at his press conference before the match: “Everyone wants to see as Afghan women play.”
And when asked if England boycotting the conflict on Wednesday was useful, he added: “We are players of the crisis and athletes.
“We can only control what is happening inside the cricket field rather than out. Everyone would like to see all [men and women] play. When it comes to politics, we cannot control it. We can only control the cricket. “
The boycott of male fixing would be “counterproductive,” says ECB chief
A group of more than 160 politicians, including Nigel Farage, Jeremy Corby and Lord Kinnock, signed a letter that encouraged England to boycott their champion trophy match against Afghanistan.
In the meantime, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urged the ICC to “submit her rules”, and Culture Minister Lisa Nandy said that the match “should go ahead” as if not punishing the English team, but suggested that British dignitaries should break the event.
Despite the calls to the boycott, the Cricket for Crickets of England and Wales confirmed last month to fulfill the fixture, and the Richard Gould director said Sky Sports News: “I think that [a boycott] It would be counterproductive.
“I think if you are in the end you are boycotting the game, the Taliban will not worry. Half Taliban does not want the cricket to play in Afghanistan at all, so this does not help Afghan people, and there are our priorities.
“This was a difficult decision, because when we see a native apartheid that takes place in Afghanistan under the Taliban organization, it is disgusting.
“This is not something we want to connect with or anyone in the sense that the sport is moving forward.
“We need to be sure that ICC is taking action, because we must be sure that as a sport, as a global sport, we send appropriate messages.”
Jain said, “There are many things that do other cricket nations, and they can do more. There is one idea of financing that I can give to the players of the crisis in exile.
“ECB, for example, recently donated [£100,000 to the Global Refugee Cricket Fund]which is a great initiative. More and more plates should do this.
“Australia cricket helps players host in Australia. And there is [CWOB] The match that happened recently, in which they played a big role.
More and more support would be welcome. And also, I think that ICC should be taken care of the thing, to require other sports bodies and other stakeholders to ensure that some progress can be achieved.
“ECB recently sent a letter to the ICC. We heard that the cricket of South Africa and the cricket of Australia also wrote, so if more and more plates do those things that can go a long way.”
Forbidden, ignored, exiled – female cricket in Afghanistan
Since Talibani returned control over Afghanistan in August 2021, women’s rights have quickly worsened in the country, and new laws have seen them forbidden from universities, parks, sports and – scary – preventing them from saying publicly or to hear singing or heard Reading aloud, even from your own homes.
“It’s a complete deletion of women [In Afghanistan] Because they are forbidden to participate in any aspect of public life, “Jain said.
“In order to go out to the streets to play, participate in any other cultural activity or just show their face or even express their opinion, everything is completely outside the table in Afghanistan.
“It’s a problem that is much wider than sports. But sport is one vehicle in which we can highlight these questions, which makes it important.”
According to the Taliban rule, the payments on the female side were interrupted and did not receive contact from the control body of the crislette or the ACB.
In November 2021, former ICC president Greg Barclay said the Committee “dedicated to” support for Afghanistan “to develop male and female crickets.”
In July last year, the women’s team in Afghanistan wrote a letter to Barclay to help them establish a refugee team based in Australia, but despite their scary objection, the team did not answer.
It also remains a characteristic sense of injustice, but the male team is still allowed to compete in spite of the clear violation of the Rules of ICC, which states that the national female team is one of the main requirements for becoming a full member.
However, with the support of CWOB -ai Crickket Australia, he continued to call for an action from the ICC, women’s cries in Afghanistan are hoping to be able to be able to once again.
“This question must be the front and center all the time,” Jain said. “We need to continue talking about it every opportunity we get, to give space to talk about this issue, to give space to women of Afghanistan.
“You know what the antidote is to delete? Anti -eraser for wiping is visibility.”
