Days after England Test debutant Ollie Robinson was suspended for his racist and sexist social media information, incidents of different cricketers doing the identical have emerged. The record additionally consists of a number of the very talked-about worldwide figures corresponding to wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler, present limited-over skipper Eoin Morgan, and veteran pacer Jimmy Anderson.
In a tweet, which has been taken down by Anderson, the cricketer mocked his teammate Stuart Broad’s coiffure by calling the latter a “15 yr old lesbian”.
James Anderson deleted his previous tweet calling Stuart Broad ’15-year-old lesbian’. pic.twitter.com/VC3XrypfDR
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Anderson’s deleted tweet is from the 12 months 2010 when the bowler was 7-year-old and in a latest interplay with Sky Sports, the cricketer admitted that gamers should be educated in order that they do not make mistake.
“The historical stuff, for me, it was 10, 11 years ago. I have certainly changed as a person since then. That’s the difficulty; things do change and you do make mistakes,” he mentioned.
Buttler, Morgan too in radar
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain and England limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan in addition to Rajasthan Royals (RR) wicketkeeper batsman Jos Buttler’s previous tweets mocking Indians are additionally being investigated by the England board.
According to a report in telegraph.co.uk, Morgan and Buttler mocked Indians through the use of 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. [Click for complete details]
England paceman Ollie Robinson’s suspension by the England Cricket Board (ECB) has opened a protracted historical past of racist tweets by English cricketers.
In a June 8 report, wisden.com shared a racist tweet by one of many England gamers with out taking the title and the matter can also be underneath investigation.
Meanwhile, Dom Bess has deactivated his Twitter account after the spinner was named within the squad for the second Test towards New Zealand, which begins from June 10.
