“The kids gave us tremendous courage and wished the best for us in the coming World Cup”
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Many Pakistan players met survivors of the Peshawar school massacre when they visited the Army Public School and hospital recently.
“Afghanistan’s cricket board does not support cricket for women, even though I have 3,700 girl cricketers across Afghanistan”
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Just four years after it was formed, the Afghanistan women’s cricket team has been dissolved due to Taliban threats, insecurity and conservative beliefs.
“The New Zealand players and officials have handed over some donations and kit bags to me which will be delivered when I go to Peshawar”
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Numerous New Zealand players have donated their match fees to the victims of the gruesome Peshawar school massacre, which was carried out by the Taliban and left 132 children and nine staff dead.
“We also wanted to postpone the match but there were several reasons for not being able to do this”
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been slammed for not postponing the fourth ODI against New Zealand following the Peshawar school massacre.
“We will donate proceeds of the match to the families and towards rebuilding the school”
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have announced that they will donate all monetary proceeds from the fourth ODI between Pakistan and New Zealand to the victims of the Peshawar school massacre.
“It would not be a bad idea to postpone this game”
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Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has revealed that the national team are in no mood to play the fourth ODI against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi following the Peshawar school massacre.
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“The Taliban follow the Pakistan cricket team with keen interest so this can be a platform”
Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, has announced that he is interested in hosting the Taliban for a cricket match in order to restore peace and stability to the war-torn country.
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“It is a great moment in the history of Afghanistan”
Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) chief executive Noor Mohammad Murad has announced that the national team are hungry for tougher opposition after beating Kenya 2-0 to qualify for the 2015 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region is prone to regular Taliban attacks
Former Pakistan captain turned politician Imran Khan has announced that his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), have launched a cricket talent programme in the troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region.
Pakistan have not hosted an international series since March 2009
Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has made an emotional plea to international teams across the world, pleading with them to come and tour the country and end the four-year dry spell that they have endured.
