Jos Buttler says England boycott of Afghanistan fixture ‘not the way to go’
- Team have been urged not to play Champions Trophy tie
- ‘The players haven’t really worried too much about it’
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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