Afghanistan women's national cricket team

The Afghanistan national women's cricket team was the team that represented the country of Afghanistan in international women's cricket matches. The team was first formed in 2010,[1] but disbanded in 2014.[2] Although the team never played representative cricket in ICC competition, it had been scheduled to take part in the 2011 ACC Women’s Twenty20 in Kuwait, which ran from 17 – 25 February. The team was forced the withdraw from the tournament before travelling to Kuwait due to elements in Afghanistan opposing women's participation in sport[3]

Afghanistan
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Personnel
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Women's international cricket
First internationalvs Tajikistan in Dushanbe, 2012
As of 23 March 2015

In 2012, they participated in a 6 team tournament in Dushanbe, Tajikistan,[4] they became Champions by winning four matches and tying one.[5]

History

Tournament history
Host/Year Round/Rank
Women's Tournament in Dushanbe, 2012Champions

Head coaches

Captains
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See also

References
  1. First women's cricket team for Afghanistan
  2. "Afghan Girls Want A (Cricket) League Of Their Own". Radio Liberty. 18 April 2018.
  3. "Afghanistan's Pioneer Women". Asian Cricket Council. 15 August 2011.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.thenational.ae/world/central-asia/afghan-womens-cricket-crushed-by-threats-and-tradition
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