Afghanistan

The Afghanistan women's cricket team fled the country in August 2021 and most of them currently reside in Australia

Banned, ignored and still in exile: The cricket team that fled for safety

Rashid Khan and Afghanistan after losing to South Africa in T20 World Cup semi-finals (Getty Images)

'Not the pitch you want' - Trott annoyed as Afghanistan exit World Cup

South Africa's Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram celebrate their side's win over Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup semi-finals

South Africa demolish Afghanistan to reach first T20 World Cup final

Afghanistan's captain Rashid Khan, left, and teammate Gulbadin Naib celebrate after defeating Bangladesh by eight runs in their men's T20 World Cup cricket match at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Afghanistan reach World Cup semis and knock Australia out

Afghanistan players celebrate after defeating Australia at the T20 World Cup (Associated Press)

Afghanistan claim historic Australia win to keep hopes alive

India's Suryakumar Yadav (Associated Press)

Suryakumar's fifty leads India to dominant win over Afghanistan

West Indies' Nicholas Pooran (Associated Press)

Pooran powers West Indies to big win ahead of England clash

Features

Jacob Bethell - New Zealand vs England, first Test, Christchurch

Bethell shines but concern for Crawley - England player ratings

Australia celebrate winning the 2021-23 World Test Championship final (Associated Press)

Who can reach World Test Championship final?

England's Brydon Carse, Test cricket (Associated Press)

England 'lionheart' Carse underlines Ashes credentials

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Fazalhaq Farooqi starred with 3-16 for Afghanistan

Afghanistan reach Super 8s as New Zealand miss out

Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi celebrates the wicket of Finn Allen

Afghanistan dominate New Zealand as Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka

Afghanistan batsmen Ibrahim Zadran, left, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz bump gloves while batting against Uganda during an ICC Men's T20 World Cup cricket match at Guyana National Stadium in Providence, Guyana, Monday, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Afghanistan rout debutants Uganda in T20 World Cup

Charlie Dean in action during England's first T20 against New Zealand

England's Dean offers support after Australia's Afghan withdrawal

Australia T20

Australia call off T20 series vs Afghanistan over women's rights

Andy Balbirnie, Ireland

Ireland beat Afghanistan to earn historic first Test win

India's Ravi Bishnoi

Two Super Overs! Drama as India overcome Afghanistan to sweep T20 series

Analysis

Was the Cricket World Cup a success?

Glenn Maxwell's sensational 201 not out against Afghanistan secured Australia's place in the Cricket World Cup semi-finals (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Who makes our Team of the Tournament from Cricket World Cup?

Glenn Maxwell's sensational 201 not out against Afghanistan secured Australia's place in the Cricket World Cup semi-finals (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Heroic Maxwell's 201 not out takes Australia into semi-finals

Australia's Glenn Maxwell, left, reacts in pain due to cramps during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between Australia and Afghanistan

Remarkable Maxwell plays innings for the ages - as it happened

Ibrahim Zadran (Getty Images)

Zadran credits Tendulkar after hitting Afghanistan's first World Cup hundred

Afghanistan's cricket board awarded 25 girls central contracts in 2020, but a year later they were forced to flee their homes after the Taliban took power. Four of the girls spoke to Sky Sports News about their experience

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'We are forgotten' - A cry for help from Afghanistan women cricketers

Mark Wood, Suryakumar Yadav, Shaheen Shah Afridi

How will England do? Top wicket-taker? Pundits' T20 World Cup picks

Najibullah Zadran, Afghanistan, T20 World Cup

ICC forms working group to determine Afghan cricket's future

Australia's David Warner (right) fist-bumps Mitchell Marsh (left) in the T20 World Cup final against New Zealand

T20 World Cup awards: And the winner is...

Virat Kohli (Associated Press)

T20 World Cup squads - who have the teams picked?

England's Moeen Ali, left, hugs teammate Jos Buttler after Buttler scored a century during the Cricket Twenty20 World Cup match between England and Sri Lanka in Sharjah, UAE.

England's Buttler and Moeen make team of T20 World Cup