By Mehr Jan
In a long -standing movement to forgotten athletes, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced a mission force to support Afghan female crickets who had to flee from their countries.
These women, who once signed a contract by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), have been left without any support since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
The new initiative is launched jointly with the Cricket Control Board (BCCI), the UK and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia (CA) in India.
In order to help these cricketists continue their careers, financial assistance, access to training facilities, coaching and mentoring are also included.
Silence for years, then a sudden change
For more than two years, these players – now live in Australia, England and Canada – they write to ICC, want help and recognition. They even asked them to be accepted as refugee team. He did not get an answer to any of his objections. Thus, when the ICC suddenly announced this new support, the crickets themselves were caught unprepared.
The shift may have been influenced by the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, where he returned 128 years later.
The International Olympic Committee requires that all sports meet the standards of gender equality. This means that cricket boards around the world should equally support both men and women or face results.
ICC President Jay Shah said in an official statement, “Every jack player deserves a chance, regardless of their situation,” he said. “We are proud to start this task strength and support system to help Afghan women’s jacks in the game.”
Even in this new attempt, players are not officially known as the national team. The reason for this can only confirm ACB situations in accordance with the ICC rules.
ACB, which has not restarted the female jack since 2021, has not supported or prevented ICC’s plan. As a result, these women stay in some kind of limo – assisted but not officially accepted.
This locking lasted last weekend that the ICC pushed and passed by the Women’s Cricket Committee for a new plan.
Now, the new task force will look at practical details such as where training camps can be made and how the matches can be arranged. However, there is still no clear way for these players to represent Afghanistan or another team on the international stage.
A base pushing from Melbourne
The first real pushing jet officials for this movement came from a small match in Melbourne. On January 30, an Afghan woman XI was on the field against a local team called Kriket, which does not recognize borders. The game was emotional, symbolic and strong. He reminded the world that these women still want to play.
This match also led to the creation of Pitch Future, a non -profit group that works directly with these cricketists. The organization has already established a budget, donation collection campaigns for the next three years, and plans more matches and training tours. The aim is to keep sports alive for these athletes while building their aims, life skills and training programs.
Pitch is now our future shares a full list of players with ICC and is working on how to offer training, coaching and financing in the most effective way.
