No, I do not think so. Because, I read somewhere "a strong Muslim is better than a weaker Muslim" just like there is another matter "Get knowledge even if you have to go to China for it" here it's not saying this all just for men it's saying all things equal for men and women but sadly right now Muslims have few groups which are bringing their own theory and trying to work on this which is clearly against the will of Islam it's just bullshit and nothing positive that all sports and education is just for men.
Few months back Afghanistan having soccer and cricket teams with Iran are also having soccer team for the women and few other Muslim countries are also involved in this all because now they are realizing things are not favourable to ban women's from all aspects of life which is good change but sadly these Taliban are never been true face of Islam.
First of all, "" Get knowledge even if you have to go to China for it"", ohh, that's really good.
As far as I know, Islam does never say that men and women are equal. Islam says that men are better than women in certain aspects of life and women are also better than men in certain things. And in those things in which women are better, I do not think cricket comes into that.
If playing cricket by women is prohibited in Islam, then how come Pakistan and Bangladesh are having women's teams? It is up to the Afghanistan cricket board to decide whether they want to allow this sport among the women or not. But if they doesn't allow the women to play cricket then in the end they will lose out. Because women's cricket has grown leaps and bounds during the past few years and the future trajectory also looks bright. Although it is not going to rival the men's game, in the next 5-10 years women's cricket will bring hundreds of millions of USD in revenue all over the world. If the Taliban doesn't want a share of that, then I am fine with their decision.
BTW, Australia has decided to cancel their series against Afghanistan, over Taliban's refusal to allow women play cricket:
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/12/sport/australia-afghanistan-cricket-taliban-intl-hnk-spt/index.htmlAustralia’s men’s cricket team has withdrawn from a series of upcoming matches against Afghanistan in protest over the ruling Taliban’s restrictions on women and girls’ education and employment, Cricket Australia (CA) said in a statement Thursday. The teams were scheduled to play three One Day International (ODI) games in the United Arab Emirates in March, but CA decided to cancel the series after “extensive consultation” with “several stakeholders including the Australian government,” the statement said.
Just because Bangladesh and Pakistan are Muslim countries does not mean that they follow Islam properly. And the biggest problem is that Muslims are not setting a good example for anyone to see. Anyway, I can name a bunch of stuff that Muslim countries are doing that they should not. But I am going to stay on cricket for now. You can already see the news that the Taliban are refusing to let women play cricket. Look at the hypocrisy. This country has been at war for so long and almost no one cared. As soon as they are saying they will not let their women play cricket suddenly the whole world has problems.
