Mohammad Nabi has stepped down as Afghanistan T20I captain shortly after the Afghan side's end of campaign in the T20 World Cup 2022 edition, on Friday (November 04).

Team management, selectors & I were not on same page: Mohammad Nabi resigns as Afghanistan captain

Cricket Australia on Friday confirmed that the planned men's Test against Afghanistan, scheduled to be held in Hobart later this month, has been postponed. The lone Test match, which would have been the first between Australia and Afghanistan, was to be held at Blundstone Arena in Hobart from November 27, but CA was forced to postpone it owing to the Taliban government's opposition to women's cricket.

Cricket Australia formally postpones historic one-off Test against Afghanistan

Cricket Australia is all set to officially postpone the one-off Test Afghanistan later this week."We`ve made our position very clear that we support cricket as a sport for both women and men," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley as saying.

Australia likely to postpone Afghanistan Test: Report

Australia's players support the country's board over its threat to call off a Test with Afghanistan if the Taliban regime ban women from playing cricket, white ball captain Aaron Finch said on Wednesday.

Australia players back board's stance on Afghanistan Test: Aaron Finch

Australia Test captain Tim Paine believes it would be "impossible" for Afghanistan to compete in next month's T20 World Cup as other countries might refuse to play against them following Taliban's ban on women's cricket in the war-ravaged country.

Looks impossible for Afghanistan to play in T20 World Cup: Tim Paine

Cricket Australia say they are still hoping a planned Test match against Afghanistan will go ahead, despite the Taliban takeover of the country and acute uncertainty over their rule.

Cricket Australia still aiming to host Afghanistan Test

Cricket Australia postponed plans to host a Test match against Afghanistan and a one-day series against New Zealand Friday, saying the coronavirus pandemic had made arranging the matches too difficult.

Australia postpones Afghanistan Test, New Zealand ODIs