Afghanistan beat South Africa by 177 runs in the second ODI on Friday at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium to take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

It was the “unveiling” video that triggered the nausea. Hashmatullah Shahidi and Tim Southee, the Test captains of Afghanistan and New Zealand, stood either side of a trophy contested last week by their two nations in a one-off match in India,

Opener Javed Ahmadi scored 51 (51) and middle-order batter Samiullah Shinwari scored 96 (147). They were 192/9 when Shinwari got out but the last-wicket pair, Hamid Hassan and Shapoor Zadran, got them over the line with 15* and 12* respectively in the last over of the chase.

Three years after seizing power, the Taliban is cracking down on women’s rights. After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, some hoped that its new rule would be much less extreme than the first time around,

Veteran Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum has reportedly called on groups that oppose the fundamentalist Taliban to unite to create a parallel government-in-exile for Afghanistan that will move to dislodge the extremist group from power.

According to reports, the Supreme Leader of Afghanistan - Hibatullah Akhundzada has announced a gradual ban on cricket. However, there is no official confirmation regarding this it is well-known that the Taliban spearheads Afghanistan.