Firooza burned all of her cricket gear to hide it from the Taliban. Then Australia went into bat for her

Firooza burned all of her cricket gear to hide it from the Taliban. Then Australia went into bat for her

It’s been three years since Afghanistan’s women cricketers escaped the Taliban. While determined to stay together,they are frustrated nothing has come of their pleas to play.

  • byDaniel Brettig

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‘Hard to take’:Australia’s World Cup dominance ends with shock semi-final elimination

‘Hard to take’:Australia’s World Cup dominance ends with shock semi-final elimination

Australia’s pain from missing a first Twenty20 World Cup final in seven tournaments will carry into the home summer,after captain Alyssa Healy revealed the extent of the foot injury that kept her out of the knockout game.

  • byDaniel Brettig
‘How’s your heart rate’:Four wickets in last over seals Aussie win after injury crisis

‘How’s your heart rate’:Four wickets in last over seals Aussie win after injury crisis

Australia’s resilience was on full display as they shrugged off the losses of captain Alyssa Healy and pace bowler Tayla Vlaeminck to take down India in Sharjah and progress unbeaten to the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals

  • byDaniel Brettig
‘Play a shot,Chamari’:Healy’s well-timed chirp in Australia’s opening World Cup win

‘Play a shot,Chamari’:Healy’s well-timed chirp in Australia’s opening World Cup win

Australia know they will have to find much more polish to get past New Zealand in their next match,but Alyssa Healy’s behind-the-stumps chatter was the picture of efficiency as her side claimed the wicket of Chamari Athapaththu.

  • byDaniel Brettig
‘No room for slip-ups’:The threat to Australia’s quest for World Cup history

‘No room for slip-ups’:The threat to Australia’s quest for World Cup history

Meg Lanning knows how to win Twenty20 World Cups,and she set out how Australia can claim a seventh title with the tournament starting for the Aussies on Saturday.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Indian boss to take over world cricket amid $4.5 billion TV rights fight

Indian boss to take over world cricket amid $4.5 billion TV rights fight

Jay Shah will take over as chair of the International Cricket Council after forcing the resignation of the incumbent Greg Barclay,amid a $US3 billion dispute with its major broadcast rights holder.

  • byDaniel Brettig
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‘Not laughing’:Starc still sore from Afghanistan cup snub

‘Not laughing’:Starc still sore from Afghanistan cup snub

Mitchell Starc has spoken of his unhappiness at being dropped for Australia’s T20 World Cup game against Afghanistan and has criticised the tournament’s format.

  • byDaniel Brettig
‘Needs more oxygen’:Call for Amazon to share women’s World Cup with free-to-air network

‘Needs more oxygen’:Call for Amazon to share women’s World Cup with free-to-air network

Amazon should simulcast Australia’s matches for the upcoming women’s Twenty20 World Cup with a free-to-air network to maximise its audience,according to the former executive who oversaw the WBBL’s rise to the fourth most-watched sporting league in the country.

  • byDaniel Brettig
His dad is Modi’s right-hand man. India’s Jay Shah may soon be running world cricket
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His dad is Modi’s right-hand man. India’s Jay Shah may soon be running world cricket

Why was Jay Shah on the podium when India won the Twenty20 World Cup? There is an election coming up.

  • byDaniel Brettig
‘Gut wrenching’:South Africa’s choke puts India on top of T20 World

‘Gut wrenching’:South Africa’s choke puts India on top of T20 World

India had all the advantages in this World Cup,but it still took an extraordinary collapse by South Africa and a marginal umpiring decision to secure the trophy in Barbados.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Chokers no more? South Africa break 32-year cup curse

Chokers no more? South Africa break 32-year cup curse

Thirty-two years of World Cup hurt were wiped away in the couple of hours it took South Africa to hammer Afghanistan.

  • byDaniel Brettig