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Rory Dollard

Downing Street asks ICC to ‘deliver on own rules’ over Afghanistan boycott calls

England are due to face Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy next month (PA) - (PA Archive)

Downing Street has called on the International Cricket Council to “deliver on their own rules” as the England team resists pressure to boycott their forthcoming match against Afghanistan.

A cross-party group of over 160 MPs and peers have signed a letter urging the England and Wales Cricket Board to sit out next month’s fixture at the Champions Trophy in Lahore as a moral objection to the Taliban regime’s ongoing assault on women’s rights in the country.

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