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Posted: 2023-01-21 19:22:28

Afghanistan's contracted women cricketers have thanked Australia – the government and its people – for providing them with a future they never thought they would have after the Taliban took control of their country in August 2021.

That is when their payments stopped and the homes of suspected female athletes or their male supporters began being raided.

The women cricketers fled over the border into Pakistan, while seeking asylum elsewhere.

Twenty-two of the 25 were granted emergency visas to Australia. One is in England, the other two now live in Canada.

In the 18 months since their ordeal, they say nobody from the International Cricket Council (ICC) or the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has contacted them to see if they are OK.

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