Afghanistan bowlers pull out of Big Bash after Cricket Australia pulls out of ODI sequence

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Afghanistan bowlers pull out of Big Bash after Cricket Australia pulls out of ODI sequence

Afghanistan quick bowler Naveen-ul-Haq criticized Cricket Australia for its determination to drag out of the ODI sequence towards Afghanistan in March.

Naveen ul Haq referred to as the choice “childish” and accused Australia of taking away the one cause for Afghans’ happiness, moderately than being useful.

He additionally mentioned that he is not going to take part within the Big Bash League (BBL).

“It is time to say that after this the Big Bash will not participate until they stop making these childish decisions how they went about the one time Test now ODI when a country is supporting so much that you want to support. The only reason for happiness from him,” he wrote on Twitter.

Another Afghan participant Najeeb Zadran tweeted and wrote: “I was not expecting a country like Australia Really shocked and appalled by the decision of @CricketAus Sports and politics are 2 different things and sports should definitely be mixed with politics Cause shouldn’t suffer. But in the end Off the Day politics win @ACBofficials @MirwaisAshraf16”.

Australia on Thursday pulled out of the upcoming males’s One Day International cricket sequence towards Afghanistan, citing extra restrictions on girls’s rights within the nation by the Taliban authorities.

Australia have been to fulfill Afghanistan within the United Arab Emirates in March for 3 matches. But after consulting the Australian authorities and different teams, Cricket Australia mentioned on Thursday it had scrapped the sequence.

In an announcement on Thursday, Cricket Australia mentioned the choice to withdraw from the lads’s ODIs follows current Taliban restrictions on girls and ladies’ schooling and employment alternatives and their capability to entry parks and gymnasiums.

“CA is committed to promoting the sport for women and men around the world, including in Afghanistan, and will continue to engage with the Afghanistan Cricket Board in anticipation of better conditions for women and girls in the country,” CA mentioned.

The Afghanistan Cricket Board mentioned it could difficulty an announcement afterward Thursday.


With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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