When the Taliban returned to power, women’s cricket in Afghanistan was banned.
The players were under severe threat and forced to flee.
19 female cricketERS
EVACUATED AND LIBERATED FROM THE TALIBAN.
How bad is the Taliban?
Well for starters, all women are meant to be at home.
No careers. No sport. No tertiary education.
Women are to be voiceless and quite literally: unseen.
Since arriving in Australia in 2021 these women, have risen and how.
Learning English, getting back on the field, navigating PTSD, making friendships anew and brick by brick, rebuilding their lives.