British MP Yvette Cooper plays a friendly cricket match with an exiled Afghan women’s team, according to reports from the Belfast Telegraph and the Evening Standard. The match features Cooper taking part in the game alongside members of the women’s side who are living in exile. Cooper says the situation reflects the impact of Taliban restrictions on women in Afghanistan, including barriers that prevent the team from playing cricket in their homeland. The Evening Standard reports that Cooper describes it as an “outrage” that the team cannot participate in the sport while the Taliban remains in power. The Belfast Telegraph similarly describes Cooper’s involvement in the friendly match with the Afghan women’s team. While the reports focus on the sporting event, they also frame it within the wider context of women’s access to activities and public life in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. The outlets agree on the central facts: Cooper participates in a cricket game with the exiled Afghan women’s team and highlights the inability of the team to play cricket in Afghanistan.