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Norfolk and Suffolk MPs call for England cricketers to boycott Afghanistan match

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08.01.2025

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.

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