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ACB approaches PCB for ODI series after Australia setback

ACB approaches PCB for ODI series after Australia setback

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has reportedly approached the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to play a 50-over series other than the decided ICC Super League games between the two countries after Cricket Australia (CA) decided…

Cricket Australia defends itself on cancelling Afghanistan ODI series

Cricket Australia defends itself on cancelling Afghanistan ODI series

Cricket Australia (CA) on Friday defended their decision to pull out of a ODI series against Afghanistan following a Taliban crackdown on women’s “basic human rights”. “Basic human rights is not politics,” Cricket Australia chief executive…

ACB slams Cricket Australia for cancelling ODI series, calls its decision ‘Pathetic’

ACB slams Cricket Australia for cancelling ODI series, calls its decision ‘Pathetic’

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) is in the midst of a tussle with Cricket Australia (CA) after the latter cancelled the scheduled ODI series between the two sides in March. The ODI series between Australia…

Afghanistan women can continue playing cricket: ACB chairman

Afghanistan women can continue playing cricket: ACB chairman

Newly appointed chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) Mirwais Ashraf has said that his country’s women will continue playing cricket. According to a report in the Tolo News Agency (TNA), during his introductory meeting…

BCCI Chief Sourav Ganguly appointed chairman of ICC Cricket Committee

BCCI Chief Sourav Ganguly appointed chairman of ICC Cricket Committee

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly has been appointed as the Chairman of ICC’s Cricket Committee, the global governing body of the game announced on Wednesday. Ganguly will be replacing…

ICC Board appoints Afghanistan Working Group to review status of ACB

ICC Board appoints Afghanistan Working Group to review status of ACB

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board on Wednesday announced to appoint a Working Group to review the status of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and cricket in Afghanistan in light of the recent governmental changes…

Former cricketer Mirwais Ashraf appointed new cricket chief of Afghanistan Cricket Board

Former cricketer Mirwais Ashraf appointed new cricket chief of Afghanistan Cricket Board

Afghanistan’s former all-rounder Mirwais Ashraf has been appointed as the acting chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) by the Taliban-led interim government. Ashraf has replaced Azizullah Fazli, who was in charge of the top…

FIFA President calls on global football community to show solidarity with Afghan refugees

FIFA President calls on global football community to show solidarity with Afghan refugees

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has called on the global football community and governments worldwide to offer support in face of the escalating refugee and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. President Infantino was speaking during a visit…

ICC to take call on cricket’s fate in Afghanistan next month

ICC to take call on cricket’s fate in Afghanistan next month

Although the International Cricket Council (ICC) had opted for a wait-and-watch approach on Afghanistan but will discuss the future of cricket in the war-torn nation nation in its board meeting, which will be held in…

CA would postpone its one-off Test against Afghanistan this week

CA would postpone its one-off Test against Afghanistan this week

Cricket Australia (CA) will postpone its one-off Test against Afghanistan indefinitely this week. The development comes as CA wants the war-torn nation to “rethink” its approach towards women’s sport, Cricket Tasmania chief Dominic Baker said…