The English men’s team donates money to support the exiled Women’s Crite of Afghanistan | Current news
The English men’s team donated £ 20,000 to support the female side exiled to Afghanistan.
The money was paid from the Team England Player Partnership Fund at the Global refugee refugee fund Marylebone Crickket Club (MCC), which hopes to raise one million pounds.
Women’s sport was banned in Afghanistan as part of human rights attack by the Taliban regime, and the leading female players in the country were forced to escape.
A significant political pressure was placed in England to lose its trophy fixing against Afghanistan last month, but the Cricket of England and Wales Committee resisted, instead lobbying behind the scenes for a collective international response.
Now a group of players made their own move.
Daryl Mitchell, President of the Association of Professional Crimea and a member of the Tepp Committee, said: “Having spent time in Pakistan with a team of England during the champion trophy, it was obvious that the wider team wanted to give his support to be aware of the global fund for the avoidance of the crickets.
“MCC Foundation should clap the MCC to create an initiative, and I’m sure the donation of the player will support their goal of using cricket to smile on the face of those who are displaced around the world.”
What is the background?
The Afghan Cricket Cricket team 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 was still allowed to compete during this time, despite the fact that the country had no female team – something that was not allowed under the Law of the ICC – and did not seem to be sentenced.
Earlier this year, a group of more than 160 politicians, including Nigel Farage, Jeremy Corbyn and Lord Kinnock, signed a letter that encouraged England to boycott their trophy match against Afghanistan.
In the meantime, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urged ICC to “submit her rules”, while Lisa Nandy’s Culture Secretary said that the match “should go forward” so as not to punish the English team, but suggested that British dignitaries should demolish the event.
Said executive director of the Cricket of England and Wales Richard Gould Sky Sports News last month The boycott of Afghan consolidation would be counterproductive.
“I think if you are in the end you are boycotting the game, the Taliban will not worry. Half of Taliban does not want the cricket to play in Afghanistan at all, so this does not help Afghan people, and these are our priorities,” Gould.
“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.”
In January, Afghan -exiled women’s cries were represented by their country for the first time since the Taliban regained control of the Taliban, which were in a historic exhibition game against the crisket without borders (CWOB).
