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Taha Hashim

Jos Buttler says England boycott of Afghanistan fixture ‘not the way to go’

Jos Buttler fields during their practice session in Kolkata on Tuesday
Jos Buttler fields during their practice session in Kolkata on Tuesday. Photograph: Bikas Das/AP

Jos Buttler believes England should play Afghanistan at the Champions Trophy in Pakistan next month despite calls for a boycott in response to the Taliban regime’s treatment of women.

A group of more than 160 parliamentarians signed a letter this month addressed to the England and Wales Cricket Board’s chief executive, Richard Gould, urging the governing body to consider a boycott of the match against Afghanistan, to be played on 26 February in Lahore.

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