English cricketers aiming to play in a men's T20 franchise tournament organised by the Afghanistan Cricket Board have been urged to think about their "daughters, sisters or mothers".

The inaugural edition of the Afghanistan Premier League (APL) will be staged in the United Arab Emirates later this year. England players Ollie Pope and Luke Wood have both registered for the tournament draft, along with fellow Englishmen Moeen Ali, Reece Topley, James Vince, Tom Kohler-Caddmore and Laurie Evans.

Their involvement comes despite the England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) refusal to schedule bilateral men's cricket against Afghanistan because of the Taliban's treatment of women and girls. BBC Sport understands the ECB's policy does not extend to franchise tournaments, meaning players can decide for themselves whether to participate.

Tonia Antoniazzi, the Labour MP who led calls to boycott England's fixture against Afghanistan, has told BBC Sport that players considering the APL should think seriously about the consequences of participating. Amnesty International's Felix Jakens also told the players to give proper thought to playing in a tournament organised by a cricket board from a country which has "erased women and girls from public life".