Another unnamed English cricketer is now under the England and Wales Cricket Board scanner for old tweets that are offensive.
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Another unnamed English cricketer is now under the scanner for old tweets that are offensive in nature. This comes after Ollie Robinson is being investigated after old tweets of his became public. Robinson, who made his debut against New Zealand, is currently suspended as his old tweets are looked into. Now, a report in Wisden states that there is another player who has posted insensitive content on social media.
“It has been brought to our attention that an England player has posted historic offensive material on their social media account,” a spokesperson for the England and Wales Cricket Board told Wisden.
“We are looking into it and will make a further comment in due course.”
Robinson had been suspended by the ECB on Monday. His old posts started doing the rounds on Twitter on the day he made his Test debut against New Zealand.
After the tweets came to light, Robinson said he was ’embarrased’ by the it all. It is also worth noting that the tweets in question are over eight years old. But the 27-year-old still said he was ashamed of them.
“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. 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.”
He also offered up an apology ‘to anyone he has offended’.
“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.”
However, the condemnation of Robinson hasn’t been universal. Many in England – whether part of the cricket fraternity or in politics – have said the way he’s being punished is too harsh.
