Sports minister Gayton McKenzie has voiced his support of a boycott against the Afghanistan cricket team at the Champions Trophy tournament.
Members of the Afghanistan men’s team celebrating a wicket during an ODI against Zimbabwe last month. Picture: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP
This follows an outcry from cricket fans, as well as a call from Lawyers for Human Rights, who last yearUnder Taliban rule, women in Afghanistan are expected to cover up completely in public and not raise their voices.have been banned from competing in sport since 2021, which has eliminated their national women’s team from international competitions.
“To be clear, the ICC has accepted the principle of equality in sport, and that member nations should be developing both male and female players,” he said. “I am aware that the ICC, like most international sporting mother bodies, professes not to tolerate political interference in the administration of sport, despite its obvious inconsistency with Afghanistan.”McKenzie urged national and international federations to reconsider allowing the Afghanistan men’s team to play as long as the women were banned by their own country.
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