Cricket Australia aren't backing down in support of the women's game. 👏🏏 DETAILS ➡️ 9WWOS Cricket
The planned Test between the two nations' men's teams was set to take place in Hobart but now appears on the ropes after the Federal Sports Minister Richard Colbeck announced that Afghan athletes would "remain welcome in Australia, but not under the flag of the Taliban".
It follows calls from Assistant Defence Minister Andrew Hastie, a veteran of the conflict in Afghanistan, to jettison the inaugural Test between the two countries. "Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed."
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