ICC adopts wait-and-watch strategy on Afghanistan

Afghanistan danger isolation for the reason that nation’s Taliban takeover in August, with Cricket Australia threatening to not host them for a one-off Take a look at in Hobart subsequent month if the brand new authorities in Kabul didn’t enable girls to play the game.

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has mentioned it’s dedicated to girls’s cricket however was awaiting directions from the federal government on its future.

“Our main operate is to help the event of cricket in that nation by way of the member board,” Allardice informed a digital information convention forward of the Twenty20 World Cup which begins on October 17.

“We have now mentioned all alongside that we’re ready to see how issues unfold underneath the totally different regime in that nation.”

“The ICC board will think about it after they subsequent meet which is trying like on the finish of the T20 World Cup.”

Afghanistan are at the moment coaching in Qatar and can start their Twenty20 World marketing campaign in opposition to a qualifier in Sharjah on Oct 25.

When the Taliban final dominated Afghanistan twenty years in the past, ladies weren’t allowed to attend college and ladies had been banned from work and training.

Australia Take a look at captain Tim Paine mentioned groups may refuse to play Afghanistan on the T20 World Cup, however Allardice mentioned there was little doubt over their participation within the showpiece occasion.

“They’re a full member of the ICC and the workforce is getting ready for the occasion in the meanwhile and will likely be taking part in in Group B,” he mentioned.

“So far as their participation within the occasion, it is continuing as regular.”

The ICC official additionally confirmed that the 20-overs World Cup, final staged in 2016, will embrace the Choice Evaluate System with every workforce having a most of two evaluations per innings