Australia to cancel Afghanistan Test if women barred from sport

Spectators wave Afghanistan and Taliban flags at a Twenty20 cricket trial match in Kabul last week. Australia said Thursday they will call off a historic first ever Test against Afghanistan unless the Taliban allows women to play sport

Spectators wave Afghanistan and Taliban flags at a Twenty20 cricket trial match in Kabul last week. Australia said Thursday they will call off a historic first ever Test against Afghanistan unless the Taliban allows women to play sport

Cricket Australia on Thursday said it would cancel a historic maiden Test match against Afghanistan unless the Taliban backtracks on a reported ban on women playing sport.

"If recent media reports that women's cricket will not be supported in Afghanistan are substantiated, Cricket Australia would have no alternative but to not host Afghanistan for the proposed Test Match due to be played in Hobart."

Originally published as Australia to cancel Afghanistan Test if women barred from sport