Veteran England pacer James Anderson says the crew has unanimously accepted Ollie Robinson’s apology for posting racist and sexist tweets as a young person 9 years in the past and the suspended pacer has full assist of the aspect.
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Robinson, who made a formidable Test debut with a match-haul of 7 wickets towards New Zealand at Lord’s, has been suspended by the nation’s apex cricket physique for some of his offensive tweets relationship again to 2012-13, for which he has already tendered an unconditional public apology.
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Anderson threw his weight behind Robinson throughout an interplay with the British media.
Asked whether or not Robinson’s apology has been accepted by the crew or are some gamers nonetheless uneasy about it, he mentioned, “No, I think it’s been accepted.”
“He stood up in front of the group and apologised and you could see how sincere he was and upset he was, and I think as a group we appreciate that he is a different person now.
“He’s done a lot of maturing and growing since then, and he’s got the full support of the team.”
The UK’s political class additionally weighed in on the situation urging the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to rethink its resolution of suspending the quick bowler for one thing he has completed years in the past as a young person.
The tweets resurfaced final Wednesday, the first day of Robinson’s Test debut at Lord’s, towards New Zealand.
Anderson was additionally requested about the impression of the participant’s suspension on the crew.
“Well yeah, I think it’s a you know it is a difficult time. I think as players we’re trying to learn from this really. We realise that it’s important to try and get educated around these issues, which we’re continuing to do with the ECB and the PCA (Professional Cricketers’ Association) we’ve already been doing workshops before this series to try and help improve ourselves as people basically, to try and make sure that this sort of thing doesn’t happen.”
Anderson will turn out to be England’s most capped Test participant, surpassing former run-machine Alastair Cook, if he performs in the second Test towards New Zealand.
At the shut of first day’s play at Lord’s, the 27-year-old Robinson apologised and mentioned he was going by means of a troublesome interval in his life when he posted the tweets as an 18-year-old.
“I want to make it clear that I’m not racist and I’m not sexist,” Robinson had mentioned.
“I deeply regret my actions, and I am ashamed of making such remarks. I was thoughtless and irresponsible, and regardless of my state of mind at the time, my actions were inexcusable.
Since that period, I have matured as a person and fully regret the tweets.” However, his apology was not sufficient as the ECB suspended him after the finish of the first Test whereas initiating a disciplinary investigation.
As a end result, Robinson is not going to be obtainable for the second Test that which begins at Edgbaston on Thursday.
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