The Cricket for Crickets of England and Wales (ECB) decided to enable the national team to face Afghanistan in the upcoming ICC champion trophy 2025, despite the increasing pressure and growing calls to the boycott due to the restriction of the Taliban Government Government to women’s rights.
On Thursday (February 6), the ECB announced that the England National Crickket team would face Afghanistan in his group match in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025, February 26 in Lahore, after addressing the calls of a boycott with all the parties.
ECB confirms the England match against Afghanistan at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 due
Over 160 British politicians and Minister of Sports in South Africa Gayton McKenzie invited England to withdraw from the match against Afghanistan at the upcoming multipurpose tournament. Despite the criticism, ECB Chairman Richard Thompson confirmed that England would continue with the group game ICC Champions Trophy 2025 after consulting Government, ICC and players.
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The ECB Chairman noticed that the cricket alone could not solve the challenges of Afghanistan, but they will do their best to improve things. Afghanistan once had 25 contracted crickets in the 2020 contract, but most had since fled to Australia after taking over Taliban in August 2021.
Richard Thompson said in an official statement: “The Committee recognizes that there are different views and opinions on the issue of boycotting the match and listening carefully. We were in close contact with the Government, the International Cup of Cricket (ICC), the players of our men in England and other stakeholders In order to talk about this issue, as well as to consider the best ECB can support those women of the crisis who have escaped in Afghanistan. “
We can confirm that we will reproduce this fixture: ECB
The ECB Chairman added further: “After that, we remain given that the coordinated international community’s response to the cricket is appropriate for the forward journey and that it will achieve more than any one -sided ECB action boycotting this match, while we also heard it For many ordinary Afghan, the viewing of their cricket team is one of the few remaining sources of enjoyment.
However, Richard Thompson said ECB would continue to seek stronger actions from the ICC to support Afghan cries that were forced to exile. They want the fence fund support players from Afghanistan and give them roles such as training and administration.
The Cricket of England’s Committee promises to continue to support the cruskets from Afghanistan
The English Committee also invited the ICC to consider recognizing the women’s refugee team in Afghanistan. Significantly, the ECB donated £ 100,000 ($ 124,350) to help Crickket Club Marylebone to support women’s screams from the displaced person in Afghanistan last week.
The ECB believes that the cricket alone cannot solve the problems of Afghanistan, but the global critheal community must stand united to support Afghan women and girls who want to play the game, but have been denied the chance of returning home under his Taliban government.
Thompson signed himself, saying, “What is happening in Afghanistan is nothing less than the native Apartheid. At the crisner level, when the crickets of women and girls grow quickly around the world, it is hearty that those who grow up in Afghanistan deny this opportunity, but terrible oppression of women The girl by Taliban goes so far. “
