England paceman Ollie Robinson’s suspension by the England Cricket Board (ECB) has opened an extended historical past of racist tweets by English cricketers. A day after the ECB opened investigation into one other unnamed cricketer for offensive tweet, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain and England limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan in addition to Rajasthan Royals (RR) wicketkeeper batsman Jos Buttler’s old tweets mocking Indians are additionally being investigated by the England board.
According to a report in telegraph.co.uk, Morgan and Buttler mocked Indians by utilizing the phrase ‘Sir’. A have a look at Buttler’s tweets confirms that he did use the phrase ‘Sir’ and wrote damaged English, which allegedly made enjoyable of Indians.
Morgan, who took over KKR captaincy from Dinesh Karthik, additionally used the phrase ‘Sir’ for Morgan whereas congratulating him on May 18, 2018. Buttler scored an unbeaten 94 off 53 for Rajasthan Royals on that day. Brendon McCullum, the current head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders, reacted to Morgan’s tweet and allegedly mocked the Indians. “@josbuttler Sir, you play very good opening batting,” wrote Morgan.
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
Buttler deleted the tweets after they had been extensively circulated on social media. Check out the screenshots of the posts…
Former New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman McCullum, an IPL legend, is related to KKR. He was with Royal Challengers Bangalore when he wrote the congratulatory tweet.
The report in telegraph.co.uk provides that the board’s determination on whether or not to reprimand the duo shall be taken after the investigation. The trio’s tweets went viral after the suspension of Ollie Robinson, who made his debut in the opening Test match towards New Zealand at Lord’s final week. Robinson was made to apologise for his racist and sexist tweets between 2012 and 2013. The tweets went viral after he made his Test debut.
Meanwhile, England paceman James Anderson can be underneath the scanner for a ‘sexist’ tweet made in jest for tempo bowling teammate Stuart Broad in 2010. Anderson, 38, tweeting about teammate Stuart Broad in February 2010, wrote: “I saw Broady’s new haircut for the first time today. Not sure about it. Thought he looked like a 15 yr old lesbian!”
Responding to it, Anderson was quoted as saying by Daily Mail: “For me it is 10-11 years in the past, I’ve actually modified as an individual. And I feel that is the problem, issues do change, you do make errors.
