Sanctioning Afghanistan match is not the ECB condoning the Taliban

GEORGE DOBELL: It might be best for England to play Afghanistan at the upcoming Champions Trophy to ensure we learn from and shine a light upon one another's cultures

George Dobell | 06/02/2025 at 17:40

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Posted by Steve Harris on 10/02/2025 at 13:20

To discover that Richard Gould is disingenuous is no surprise. It is his stock in trade. Nevertheless, I think this article massively understates the assault on human rights that the Afghan state is undertaking against half of its population. To compare what the Afghan women cricketers have been subjected to (threats of death as a starter), with the problems that have been revealed in UK cricket must be one the most misjudged comparisons ever published by the Cricketer. Playing the Afghan men will make no difference. Not playing them will make no difference. The questions for the ICC and ECB are 1). Do you want to support human rights or not? 2). Do you want to play games with a nation run by murderous mysoginists?