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CHASING A DREAM WHILE ESCAPING A NIGHTMARE

William Munt speaks to the Afghan Refugee Women’s XI’s Ekil Latifi

The summer of 2026 has been a landmark one for women’s cricket, with the Women’s T20 World Cup followed by a historic first women’s Test match at Lord’s.
Whilst the women’s game has made huge strides in recent years, one area of the world where this growth has been non-existent has been Afghanistan, following the
Taliban’s ban on women’s sports.
However, an Afghan Refugee Women’s XI has been touring England over the past few weeks, allowing the country...

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