But one thing I will say is that the way Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have treated their women’s cricket team and the way they treat women in general is truly awful.
NASSER HUSSAIN: The row over England playing Afghanistan amid their truly awful gender apartheid is a dark reminder of my team boycotting Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe.
It is a complex situation that reminds me of the one I encountered as England captain 22 years ago, when faced with the dilemma of whether to fulfil a World Cup match versus Zimbabwe in Harare.
How the cricket world reacts to this is a very complicated issue, but one thing that is not up for debate is how badly the women of Afghanistan and their sporting teams are being treated.
There were murmurings about Robert Mugabe’s abhorrent regime in the build-up to the 2003 World Cup and I spoke to Michael Atherton on the outfield before a one-day game against Australia in Melbourne.
