{"id":11858,"date":"2021-09-09T06:48:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T06:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/?p=11858"},"modified":"2021-09-09T06:48:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T06:48:34","slug":"i-dont-think-women-should-be-allowed-to-play-cricket-says-taliban-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/2021\/09\/09\/i-dont-think-women-should-be-allowed-to-play-cricket-says-taliban-official\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I don&#8217;t think women should be allowed to play cricket,&#8217; says Taliban official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CANBERRA: Cricket Australia has threatened to cancel the Test match with Afghanistan after a senior Taliban official said that women should not be allowed to play cricket as they might face a situation where their face and body will not be covered.<\/p>\n<p>The Test match between Australia and Afghanistan was scheduled to be played on November 27.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Australia\u2019s SBS News, deputy head of Taliban\u2019s cultural commission Ahmadullah Wasiq said, \u201dI don&#8217;t think women should be allowed to play cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIn cricket, they might face a situation where their face and body will not be covered. Islam does not allow women to be seen like this,&#8221; SBS News quoted the Taliban official as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the media era, and there will be photos and videos, and then people watch it. Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Taliban\u2019s cultural commission head said that they will not violate the Islamic values due to the reaction of the opponents. Islam allows women to go out on the basis of need, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the statement, Cricket Australia said, \u201cIf recent media reports that women\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-embeds\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-embed\">\n<div id=\"1435784792679747587\" class=\"embed_external_url tweetPost\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=Web%20Desk&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1435784792679747587&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geo.tv%2Flatest%2F369588-australia-threatens-to-cancel-test-match-with-afghanistan-if-kabul-bans-womens-cricket&amp;sessionId=2a000a8b3d159392fa4bfeb10ff8247fe92e6478&amp;siteScreenName=geonews_english&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1435784792679747587\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-embeds-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The cricket board further said that driving the growth of women\u2019s cricket globally in incredibly important to Cricket Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur vision for cricket is that is a sport for all and we support the game unequivocally for women at every level,\u201d said the board.<\/p>\n<h3><b>&#8216;Excluding women from sports is unacceptable&#8217;<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Sports Minister Richard Colbeck said earlier that the Taliban\u2019s decision on women&#8217;s sport was \u201cdeeply concerning\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcluding women from sports at any level is unacceptable,\u201d Colbeck said in a statement. \u201cWe urge international sports authorities, including the International Cricket Council, to take a stand against this appalling ruling,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<h3><b>ICC\u00a0expressed concerns\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>A spokesperson of the International Cricket Council said that they were monitoring the evolving situation in Afghanistan. He expressed concerns over imposing a ban on women\u2019s cricket in Afghanistan. The issue will be discussed in the next ICC meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CANBERRA: Cricket Australia has threatened to cancel the Test match with Afghanistan after a senior Taliban official said that women should not be allowed to play cricket as they might face a situation where their face and body will not be covered. 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