On Thursday, the Cricket Venders in Afghanistan played its first match since the Taliban fled three years ago, a charitable match in Australia in which Captain Nahida Saban hopes to raise a “movement for change.”
Hundreds of mathematics escaped from Afghanistan, where the Taliban took over in August 2021, where they escaped from a strict position that mainly prohibited the sport and education of women.
Most of the national ladies cricket team settled as refugees in Australia, as they included for the first time on Thursday to play a charity in Melbourne.
“Together, we are not only building a team, we are building a movement for change and promise,” Saban said in the period before the game.
“We have great hopes in this match because this match can open doors for Afghan women, education, sports and in the future.”
The Cricket Council in Afghanistan achieved a big step in November 2020 when it was delivered 25 promising Crickets.
But before the emerging team had an opportunity to play together, the Taliban took over the capital Kabul and announced the end of the female cricket.
“We have sacrificed a lot to be here today,” said Cricket player Virroza Amiri after the match.
“The situation in Afghanistan is very terrible. Women do not have their rights.
“I can live freely in Australia and live my life the way I want.
“But at home in Afghanistan … I can only say it is very traumatized and difficult to live in this situation.”
“Deep sadness”
Diana Baraczai, who helped find the first women’s Cricket program in Afghanistan nearly 20 years, said the match on Thursday was a “amazing moment.”
“I am sure it’s a big message to the world, that the world will do something for Afghan women AFP.
“Especially to open the doors of the school, and open work for women.”
Of the 25 women contracted by the Cricket Council in Afghanistan, 22 women have now been settled in Australian cities in Melbourne and Kenbera.
Some of these players pressed the ruling International Cricket Council in the hope of forming a refugee team with a kind of formal situation.
Some players wrote in a joint message last year: “There is still deep sadness that we, as women, cannot represent our country like male cricket players,” some players wrote in a common message last year.
“The creation of this team will allow all Afghan women who want to represent their country to meet under one banner.”
The Council has ignored these calls so far.
On Thursday, I played a game in Melbourne’s Junction Oval, which is the floors floor where Shin Shin Warren trade.
The Afghan team played a propaganda group representing the cricket game without borders, a charitable institution that aims to attract young women to the game.
Cricket australia threw its weight behind the match, pledged to “defend” the Afghan women team at the highest levels.
“I am very proud of everyone throughout the Australian cricket that has worked to support the players since they were in Australia,” said CEO Nick Holkly earlier this week.
Quoting human rights concerns, Australia has interrupted in recent years a series of non -periodic matches against the men’s team in Afghanistan.