Afghan female Olympian urges England cricketers to boycott Champions Trophy game - Friba Rezayee says female athletes are treated as if they do not exist in Afghanistan.

The ECB is against forfeiting the game – if England do not play, Afghanistan get full points. Given how small the cricketing world is, the ICC can ill afford to hurt the game in Afghanistan. And then there is the all-important question of what India thinks.

England's men's players have the "power" to make their own stand and refuse to play Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy, says Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi.