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No Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi As Pakistan Pick Shadab Khan As Captain For Afghanistan T20Is

Senior Pakistan cricketers, including captain Babar Azam and pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi, have been rested for the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan, beginning in Sharjah on March 24. The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) national selection committee has also not included opener Muhammad Rizwan, Haris Rauf and veteran batter Fakhar Zaman in the squad to be led by all-rounder Shadab Khan. Four new faces -- fast bowlers Ihsanullah, Zaman Khan and batters Tayyab Tahir and Saim Ayub -- have been included along with sidelined players Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf and Imad Wasim.

Challenger Cup triumph evidence of progress in Saudi cricket

Victory in the 2023 Asian Cricket Council’s Challenger Cup in Thailand has catapulted Saudi Arabia’s men’s team into unchartered waters. It also emphasised the increasing levels of competition within Asian cricket.

Shahid Afridi, Gautam Gambhir To Face Each Other On Cricket Field Again - Full Details

The clock will be turned back as the third edition of the Legends League Cricket will kick off at the West End Park International Cricket Stadium in Doha on Friday. Revisiting the memories of the past, former India opener Gautam Gambhir and ex-Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi will clash against each other on the field. While Gambhir is the captain of the team India Maharajas, Afridi will lead the Asia Lions as the match between the two sides will kick-start LLC 2023. The start time for the game is 8 PM IST. The third team in the tournament is World Giants. Aaron Finch is the captain of the side.

"Protect International Cricket Amid Surge Of Franchise Tournaments": MCC

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has called for "urgent intervention" to protect international cricket, saying it is at an "important crossroads" amidst a crowded global schedule that is getting increasingly swayed by domestic leagues. The mushrooming of leagues, including the latest offering of SAT20 and ILT20, is putting a lot of stress on the ICC's Future Tours Programme (FTP), leading to an "alarming disparity" in the number of matches played by a minority of member nations which is neither "equitable nor sustainable", it added.

Challenger Cup triumph evidence of progress in Saudi cricket

Victory in the 2023 Asian Cricket Council’s Challenger Cup in Thailand has catapulted Saudi Arabia’s men’s team into unchartered waters. It also emphasised the increasing levels of competition within Asian cricket.

UN warns of aid cuts over Taliban crackdown on women’s rights

UNITED NATIONS: The UN envoy in Afghanistan warned on Wednesday that a Taliban administration crackdown on women’s rights is likely to lead to a drop in aid and development funding in the country, where women fear being cut from public life as much as violent death. The United Nations has made its single-largest country aid appeal ever, asking for $4.6 billion in 2023 to deliver help in Afghanistan, where two-thirds of the population — some 28 million people — need it to survive, said Roza Otunbayeva.

Women’s Day rallies seek equality, focus on Iran, Afghanistan

MANILA/MADRID: Rallies marking International Women’s Day took place around the world on Wednesday after a year in which girls in Afghanistan were banned from education, mass women’s rights protests erupted in Iran and a landmark US abortion ruling was overturned.

Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests

ABU DHABI: Actor Nazanin Boniadi on Wednesday urged the world to back the protests in her native Iran calling for women’s rights and political change, saying despots fear nothing “more than a free and politically active woman.” Speaking on the sidelines of the Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi, Boniadi told The Associated Press that she hopes people will sign a petition she’s supporting accusing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and Iran of committing “gender apartheid” with their policies targeting women. “These systems of oppressing women, of dehumanizing women, are based on strengthening and keeping these entrenched systems of power in place,” she said.

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No Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi As Pakistan Pick Shadab Khan As Captain For Afghanistan T20Is

Challenger Cup triumph evidence of progress in Saudi cricket

Shahid Afridi, Gautam Gambhir To Face Each Other On Cricket Field Again - Full Details

"Protect International Cricket Amid Surge Of Franchise Tournaments": MCC

Challenger Cup triumph evidence of progress in Saudi cricket

UN warns of aid cuts over Taliban crackdown on women’s rights

Women’s Day rallies seek equality, focus on Iran, Afghanistan

Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests