Overview
- Cricket Scotland announced on Monday that it will not proactively schedule bilateral or tri-series matches with Afghanistan men and will refuse to host their pre‑tour training camps or practice matches outside ICC competitions.
- The board said it will still play any matches mandated by ICC competition regulations so that fulfilling tournament fixtures is not affected by the new policy.
- Cricket Scotland launched the review after the Afghanistan Cricket Board sought Scottish training facilities in July and again in September over the proposed Afghanistan Premier League, and the policy takes immediate effect with an annual review or sooner if circumstances change.
- The board will honour player contracts and may issue No‑Objection Certificates for ICC‑sanctioned league play, but it stressed that player participation should not be seen as endorsement of the Afghan regime.
- The decision follows similar stances from the ECB and Cricket Australia and sits alongside ICC measures such as the Afghanistan Refugee Women's XI roadmap, underscoring a growing use of fixture rules to press for women's cricket and human‑rights progress.