Jos Buttler, England's captain, says he doesn't believe a boycott of Afghanistan cricket is "the way to go", ahead of the men's teams' scheduled meeting in next month's Champions Trophy. The contest,

Captain Jos Buttler says England's match against Afghanistan at the Champions Trophy should go ahead after calls for a boycott over the Taliban regime's assault on women's rights. A group of more than 160 British politicians have written to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) calling for England not to play the match in Lahore on February 26.

Due to Taliban regime's ban on women's rights in Afghanistan, a large group of MPs in the UK parliament wrote a letter to ECB to boycott England vs Afghanistan game in ICC Champions Trophy 2025.