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Cricket: Australia have withdrawn from their men's T20 series against Afghanistan over continued restrictions on women and girls in the country under the ruling Taliban (www.bbc.com)
submitted 7 months ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/australia@aussie.zone
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Cricket Australia (CA) says government advice is that conditions for women and girls "are getting worse".

It is the third time Australia has declined to play Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.

A one-off Test match in September 2021 and a three-match men's one-day series in March 2023 were also cancelled.

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[–] fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Cricket Australia has withdrawn.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Like many things, this is an area where Australians straddle the line between Britain and America.

In America, an organisation is singular. It is one organisation, after all.

In Britain, organisations are plural. They are made up of multiple people, after all.

We go either way. Some might prefer "Australia has", others prefer "Australia have". Neither is wrong.

[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

"Australia have withdrawn" is still fine. They (Australia) have withdrawn.

[–] 0x815@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago

I would also say 'has', but as @Zagorath and @snugglesthefalse already said, both is possible, and I didn't want to correct the BBC.