The ECB appears to have opened Pandora’s field ever since they began a crackdown on its gamers for posting offensive materials on-line. Ollie Robinson, who had a high-quality debut in opposition to New Zealand lately, was the primary to be on the receiving finish, after he was suspended indefinitely, for posting offensive tweets.
After his feedback went viral, the teen has apologised for his remarks. Since then, in a matter of few days, new names have surfaced, who had put such offensive materials on-line. Veteran pacer James Anderson finds himself on the centre of an argument as his decade-old tweet directed in direction of Stuart Broad is within the information.
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But the buck doesn’t cease right here. Now, limited-overs skipper and his deputy — Eoin Morgan and Jost Buttler are caught within the controversy.
The duo are allegedly below investigation from the ECB, for mocking the Indians and their elocution of English. After batsman Alex Hales struck a ton, Buttler tweeted a congratulatory message for Hales and wrote, “much beauty batting you are on fire, sir.”
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On the opposite hand, Morgan wrote in a tweet that Buttler is his favourite batsman.
Show the identical each and droop Eoin Morgan for that tweet. https://t.co/2lhsbiiRpK pic.twitter.com/I7m70SS2d5
— Master Wayne (@MasterWayne07) June 6, 2021
Earlier, Robinson had accepted his mistake and apologised for his unsavoury remarks. “On the biggest day of my career so far, I am embarrassed by the racist and sexist tweets that I posted over eight years ago, which have today become public,” Robinson mentioned in a press release. “I want to make it clear that I’m not racist and I’m not sexist.
“I deeply regret my actions, and I am ashamed of making such remarks. I would like to unreservedly apologise to anyone I have offended, my teammates and the game as a whole in what has been a day of action and awareness in combatting discrimination from our sport.”
This is stark distinction to what the English board preaches. Earlier, they’d unveiled their coaching package which bears slogans like ‘cricket is a game for everyone’ on the entrance and denouncing racism, sexism and non secular intolerance on the again.
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“I don’t want something that happened eight years ago to diminish the efforts of my teammates and the ECB as they continue to build meaningful action with their comprehensive initiatives and efforts, which I fully endorse and support,” Robinson continued.
“I will continue to educate myself, look for advice and work with the support network that is available to me to learn more about getting better in this area. I am sorry, and I have certainly learned my lesson today.”
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