• The ODI series was cancelled by Cricket Australia due to Taliban efforts.
• Afghanistan is the only full member nation without a working women’s team
• The International Cricket Council will be contacted about the situation.

Najam Sethi, the head of the PCB Management Committee, said that a three-match T20I series between Afghanistan and Pakistan will take place in March.

The games, which will take place in Sharjah, will aid in making up for Afghanistan’s loss as a result of Australia’s withdrawal.

“Pleased to announce PCB would play 3xT20s against Afghanistan in Sharjah end March to compensate Afghanistan following Australia’s pullout from bi lateral series against it.

Prior to the meeting between Sethi and ACB officials, both teams were scheduled to play a three-match ODI series this year instead of T20Is. However, because Pakistan and Afghanistan had already qualified for the 2023 ODI World Cup in India, the format was modified.

“I met with the executive members of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, and they were begging us to play a (ODI) series, but we didn’t find any attraction in playing the series,” Sethi said last month at a news conference. “It’s primarily because the series was designed to earn [Super League] points, and now it doesn’t matter who wins. So, subject to government consent, we agreed to play three T20Is in Sharjah immediately following the PSL. We will split 50% of the series’ proceeds equally. And we’ll outsource production together.”

Pleased to announce PCB will play 3xT20s against Afghanistan in Sharjah end March to compensate Afghanistan following Australia’s pullout from bi lateral series against it. I also supported ACC decision to grant Afghanistan equal share of ACC revenues like BCCI, PCB, SLC & BCB.

— Najam Sethi (@najamsethi) February 5, 2023

The three-match one-day international (ODI) series in March was cancelled by Cricket Australia on January 12 of this year, citing Taliban efforts to severely limit women’s rights in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is the only full member nation without a working women’s team because of limitations imposed by the Taliban-led administration. In accordance with official policy, girls are not allowed in parks, middle and high schools, or gyms.

The International Cricket Council will be contacted about the situation, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) stated in a statement (ICC).

Sethi agreed with the decision of the Asian Cricket Council to “give Afghanistan equal portion of ACC earnings like BCCI, PCB, SLC and BCB.”

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