ICC forms taskforce to help Afghan female players

The International Cricket Council has announced nan statement of a dedicated taskforce to support displaced female cricketers from Afghanistan.

Many of nan country's starring players fled pursuing nan Taliban's return to powerfulness successful 2021, pinch female information successful athletics efficaciously outlawed.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), on pinch Cricket Australia and nan Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI), will assistance pinch nan project.

In a statement, nan ICC said it will "establish a dedicated money to supply nonstop monetary assistance, ensuring these cricketers person nan resources they request to proceed pursuing nan crippled they love".

It added: "This will beryllium complemented by a robust high-performance programme offering precocious coaching, world-class accommodation and tailored mentorship to thief them scope their afloat potential."

ICC president Jay Shah added: "We are profoundly committed to fostering inclusivity and ensuring each cricketer has nan opportunity to shine, sloppy of their circumstances.

"In collaboration pinch our weighted partners, we are proud to motorboat this taskforce and support fund, complemented by a broad high-performance programme, to guarantee displaced Afghan women cricketers tin proceed their travel successful nan sport.

"This inaugural reflects our patient dedication to cricket's world maturation and its powerfulness to animate unity, resilience and hope."

The ICC requires its afloat members, of which Afghanistan is one, to person a nationalist women's team, but nan men's squad has retained its Test status, reached nan semi-finals of past year's T20 World Cup and participated successful nan Champions Trophy earlier this year.

England's crippled against Afghanistan astatine nan tourney went up arsenic scheduled, contempt a group of MPs crossed various governmental parties asking England to boycott nan match.