I’ve recently started reading ‘The Taliban Cricket Club’ by Timeri N Murari which prompted me to look up the Afghanistan Cricket team. While I remember there being questions over the ability of the Afghanistan team participating in cricket after the Taliban gained control in August 2021 due to the International Cricket Council (ICC) requiring country members to hold a women’s nation team for membership. TIL that despite these requirements the ICC still allows the Afghanistan men’s national team to compete.
