Afghanistan get green signal to play their 1st Test since Taliban's takeover, to face Australia in November

The Test match against Australia in Hobart will be the first that Afghanistan are scheduled to play since the Taliban's takeover earlier this month.

The Afghanistan team has got the approval from the Taliban to play a one-off Test match against Australia in September, the war-torn nation's cricket board confirmed on Wednesday. The match is scheduled to be played from November 27 in Hobart. The Test match will be the first that Afghanistan will play since the Taliban's takeover earlier this month. Cricket Australia has also claimed that the match was "well underway".