Labour MPs Alice Macdonald (Norwich North) and Jess Asato (Lowestoft) are in a cross-party group of 160 MPs and peers who have signed a letter urging the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to sit out next month’s fixture.

Norwich North MP Alice Macdonald (Image: Roger Harris / UK Parliament)

They say boycotting next month's Champions Trophy fixture in Lahore would serve as a moral objection to the Taliban regime’s ongoing assault on women’s rights in the country.

Ms Macdonald said: "We all need to speak out against what the Taliban is doing to the women and girls of Afghanistan", while Ms Asato........

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