The match against the Afghan men's team was scheduled for Nov.
27 in Hobart.
"It'll be formally postponed indefinitely this week. That will
come out in the next couple of days," Baker told local radio
station Triple M.
"It's about giving the Afghanistan government some direction
around what they have to do to get back into sport.
"It's not acceptable that they don't allow female sport. If they
want to play competitive male sport, particularly in the cricket
sphere, they have to rethink what they do with female sport."
Governing body Cricket Australia said this month it would scrap
the test after media reports the Asian country's Taliban rulers
would not allow women to play cricket.
A Cricket Australia spokesman said on Wednesday no decision had
been made on the fixture.
Baker said the match might be scheduled later.
"We're not going to cancel it altogether," he said.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board's new chairman Azizullah Fazli
told Reuters this month it was committed to promoting women's
cricket in the country and optimistic the one-off test against
Australia would go ahead.
The sport's global governing body, the International Cricket
Council (ICC), is set to discuss the status of women's cricket
in Afghanistan at its next board meeting in November.
There is further uncertainty about Australia's Ashes schedule
over the home summer due to outbreaks of COVID-19 in southern
states and England players' reluctance to tour the country due
to strict quarantine restrictions.
Baker said Hobart would be ready to step in and host an Ashes
test if required amid doubts Perth will be able to stage the
fifth and final match.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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