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One-off Test between Australia & Afghanistan to get postponed officially this week

CA will formally postpone the one-off Test between Australia and Afghanistan indefinitely this week. The match was earlier slated to begin on November 27 in Hobart but the CA had issued a statement earlier stating that the fixture would not be hosted if the women’s cricket in Afghanistan is not supported. "If recent media reports that women's cricket will not be supported in Afghanistan are substantiated, Cricket Australia would have no alternative but to not host Afghanistan for the proposed Test," CA said in a statement on September 9. Cricket Tasmania (CT) chief executive Dominic Baker confirmed that the Test match won’t take place."It will be formally postponed indefinitely this week," Baker told radio station Triple M. "It's not acceptable that they don't allow female sport. If they want to play competitive male sport, particularly in the cricket sphere, they're going to have to rethink what they do,” he added. The Taliban government's cultural commission’s spokesperson Ahmadullah Wasiq, had told Australian broadcaster SBS News the women are not allowed to play any sport including cricket according to Islamic law. "Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed," Wasiq said. He further said that the players might face a situation where their face and body will not be covered while playing the game. "In cricket, they might face a situation where their face and body will not be covered. Islam does not allow women to be seen like this,” he added.

ECB Chairman apologises to PCB for cancelling tour, assures full tour next year

The England and Wales Cricket Board chairman, Ian Watmore has made an apology to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for cancelling the white-ball tour to the Asian nation. He has further added that the English team will play three Tests and five ODIs next year in Pakistan. "I'm very sorry to anyone who feels hurt or let down by our decision, particularly in Pakistan. The decision the board made was an extremely difficult one and the board made it with the primary consideration being the welfare and mental health of our players and staff,” Watmore said in his first public statement after cancelling the tour. "We've recommitted to a proper tour, a scheduled tour, of Pakistan next year and will get on with planning that. We will have longer to plan that trip,” he added. First New Zealand had cancelled their limited-overs tour of Pakistan minutes before the start of the first ODI citing security reasons and then England also abandoned their trip. Watmore had told Daily Mail that the ECB had made decision without consulting the players. "The board took the decision based on its own judgments and it didn't go out to consultation. Had we decided to go forward with the tour we'd have had to put the proposals to the players, but it didn't reach that," said Watmore.

AUSW vs INDW | Day-night Test: Curious to see what pink ball does in twilight, says Mithali Raj

The Indian women’s team will be up against the Australian side in the pink-ball Test scheduled to begin on Thursday (September 30, 2021) in Queensland. India batter Mithali Raj has said that she is “curious” to see what the pink ball does. "To be very honest. I don't have the experience of playing with a pink ball. It is going to be my first experience as well. I am quite curious to see around that period (twilight) when they say that it's going to be a little difficult. I can only say, when I experience it," said Mithali ahead of the match as per a PTI report. Talking about the preparations, Mithali said that the players are pretty excited to be a part of the Day-night Test. “It's a different experience for us to play with the pink ball in a day night game. Usually the Test is played in the day and what we played against England was with the red ball. So it is going to be very different,” she added. India played a Test match against England earlier this year after a gap of seven years and ended the match in a draw. The Indian team faced Australia in a Test fixture back in 2006 and Mithali said both teams "have come a long way since then". "In the one-day format, we posted good totals. It was a very good and a tight series. Overall, women's cricket globally has come a long way and it is only going to grow."

Did not suffer heart attack, went to doctor for routine check-up: Inzamam-ul-Haq

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has made a clarification that he didn’t suffer a heart attack and went to his doctor for a routine check-up. "I want to thank everyone in Pakistan and around the world for praying for my health. I want to thank the Pakistan people, and cricketers from Pakistan and around the world who sent their well-wishes," said Inzamam on his YouTube channel, as reported by ESPNcricinfo. The former right-handed batsman further said that he came back home just after 12 hours at the hospital and was fine. "I saw reports saying I had suffered a heart attack. I did not. I went to my doctor for a routine check-up, who said they wanted to conduct an angiography. During angiography, they noted an artery of mine was blocked, so they inserted stents to alleviate that problem. It was successful and easy, and I came back home after just 12 hours at the hospital. I feel fine," he added. Inzamam notched up more than 11000 ODI runs in 378 matches that he featured in while scored 8830 runs in 120 Tests that he played. The former skipper hung his boots from international cricket after the 2007 World Cup. He was later appointed as the chief selector of the Pakistan team back in 2016.