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The Handshake That Wasn’t: Cricket a Casualty of India-Pakistan Tensions

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September 22, 2025

Via the Lowy Institute, the sad story of how the sporting ground can transform from peacemaker to political battlefield: When India and Pakistan faced each other in the Asia Cup cricket tournament in Abu Dhabi this [...]

Afghanistan Women’s Cricket Team Offers Hope For Future

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January 29, 2025

Via The Guardian, a report on Afghanistan's women's cricket team: Two groups of women are playing cricket matches in Melbourne on Thursday – with two very different dreams on the line. At the Melbourne Cricket [...]

Afghanistan: Sports & Politics / Solidarity & Accountability

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January 20, 2025

The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies recently held a webinar addressing the controversial role of Afghanistan’s cricket team, a group whose ties and good relations with the Taliban regime cannot be overlooked. As [...]

In South Asia, Cricket Is An Improbable But Effective Leveler

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December 21, 2024

Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how cricket in South Asia in an effective leveler among countries and individuals: If you love cricket but live in Bangkok, where the city's sports bars focus mainly on football, it's easy [...]

Sticky Wicket: India Wields Cricket As Geopolitical Tool Against Pakistan

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December 14, 2024

Via The Economist, a report on how cricket is being used as a geopolitical tool between India and Pakistan: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s foreign minister, believes that diplomacy is like cricket. Speaking at an [...]

Afghanistan’s Cricket Miracle – From Refugee Camps to World Cup Semi-Final

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June 28, 2024

Via The Conversation, a look at Afghanistan’s recent cricket miracle: Claims that the USA’s victory against Pakistan in the T20 men’s cricket world cup was the most unexpected sporting moment of 2024 might now be [...]

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