Richard Gould, the ECB's chief executive, has rejected calls from a group of British politicians for England to boycott their upcoming Champions Trophy clash with Afghanistan in February, saying that the Taliban regime's clampdown on women's rights is a matter that requires a "co-ordinated,

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) finds itself at the centre of a growing controversy ahead of the team's ICC Champions Trophy fixture against Afghanistan on February 26th. The UK politicians have demanded the board to boycott the fixture as a protest against the Taliban regime's oppressive policies toward women and girls.

England are scheduled to play Afghanistan at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on February 26 in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) strongly condemned Taliban's oppressive policies but stated that forfeiting their Champions Trophy 2025 match against Afghanistan is not an option.

A group of British lawmakers urged England to boycott their Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan next month, saying the country's cricket board (ECB) needed to take a stand against the Taliban's crackdown on women.

England’s cricket authorities have rejected calls to boycott an upcoming match against Afghanistan in the ICC Champions Trophy over the Taliban’s oppression of women and girls. Richard Gould, the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB),

A group of more than 160 British politicians have called on the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to boycott next month's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan as a stand