[Cricket] ECB And Afghanistan Fixture Boycott

[Berty23]

The Aussies are and refuse to play series against them.
But didn't boycott the game in the last T20 world cup.

The ultimate virtue signal then. Refuse to play a money losing series but then play when it matters to them.

 

[Berty23]

What do you mean, the government 'put it on the players'? They've got to come out and individually decide, have they? No. Thought not.

If the ECB decides to boycott it (and they should). then the ECB simply won't send a team to play; no players will be selected and have to refuse.

Is that how it is working? Or will the players decide? Lazy by me to say government. It is parliamentarians saying don’t play and signing letters (or whatever it was). If parliament doesn’t want them to play then have a vote and make them pull out.

But as yet I have not heard a decent explanation of what difference we think it will actually make.

 

[GT49er]

Is that how it is working? Or will the players decide? Lazy by me to say government. It is parliamentarians saying don’t play and signing letters (or whatever it was). If parliament doesn’t want them to play then have a vote and make them pull out.

But as yet I have not heard a decent explanation of what difference we think it will actually make.

It's not for the government to decide. It's not for the players to decide. It's 100% down to the ECB to decide not to send a team. As to your second point, what nonsense! Can you really not think of a case where protest has made a difference? Do we still play cricket and rugby against whites only South African teams? Do we still have the corn laws? Do we still have laws against homosexuality? Are women still not allowed to vote (in Britain)? Do we still have Victorian working conditions where workers have no rights? Did all those changes take place because someone in authority just woke up one morning and decided it would be a jolly good thing?

Dearie me, I need a history lesson.

 

[Berty23]

It's not for the government to decide. It's not for the players to decide. It's 100% down to the ECB to decide not to send a team. As to your second point, what nonsense! Can you really not think of a case where protest has made a difference? Do we still play cricket and rugby against whites only South African teams? Do we still have the corn laws? Do we still have laws against homosexuality? Are women still not allowed to vote (in Britain)? Do we still have Victorian working conditions where workers have no rights? Did all those changes take place because someone in authority just woke up one morning and decided it would be a jolly good thing?

Dearie me, I need a history lesson.

This is a strange post. Where did I say protests did not make a difference? I asked for reasons why this one would work. This is one match in a competition that is going on anyway. It will make sod all difference in my view, which is why I asked for arguments of why this would work.

Comparing it to massive protests that went on for some time vs a one off match is odd. This is completely different. To actually achieve anything we would need to withdraw from the whole competition. Missing one match will just lead to everyone shrugging their shoulders and it is just like England lost one match. Who cares?

To have an impact like the other protest movements you suggest then we would need to get India on board along with Aussies (plus more) and all say we won’t play if Afghanistan are in the competition.

What we are doing will achieve nothing apart from making a few people feel better about themselves - or do you think otherwise?

Let’s be honest even if all teams pulled out then it would just lead to the Afghan men no longer having a side because the taliban won’t care.