England cricket players face review of social media posts
Cricket | June 12, 2021 18:02 ISTThe England and Wales Cricket Board’s announcement Saturday opened the door to taking disciplinary action against other players, if necessary.
The England and Wales Cricket Board’s announcement Saturday opened the door to taking disciplinary action against other players, if necessary.
Screenshots of those tweets have now gone viral in the wake of ECB's decision to ban Ollie Robinson for his decade old controversial post on social media
Oliver Dowden, the UK government's secretary for culture, sports, digital and media, said the ECB has gone "over the top" in its punishment of Robinson.
England fast bowler Robinson was on Sunday suspended from international cricket pending an investigation into his discriminatory tweets he posted as a teenager.
Robinson, who made his Test debut against New Zealand on Wednesday, was embroiled in controversy, as a string of sexist and racist messages that he posted on Twitter from 2012-13 emerged over social media.
Stokes sustained a fractured finger during Rajasthan Royals' opening game against Punjab Kings and was subsequently ruled out of the league last month.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday decided to do away with the post of national selector -- currently held by Ed Smith -- and give complete authority to the men's team head coach.
Last year in July, England and West Indies had restarted international cricket amid the COVID-19 pandemic with a three-match Test series.
There are 12 England cricketers, some with million-dollar contracts, playing in the IPL.
PCB's Director of Media Sami Burney had announced on Tuesday that two foreign players and one member of the support staff had tested positive for the virus.
Buttler's comments made it clear where the team stands on Jonny Bairstow being rested for the first two Tests of the upcoming four-match series against India.
Ali will have to observe 10-day isolation in accordance with the Sri Lanka Government’s protocol.
Former umpire John Holder and former U-19 cricketer Ismail Dawood "are seeking compensation and a recommendation on the ECB's future conduct under s.123 (3) (b) of the 2010 Equality Act."
Edrich, a left-handed batsman, scored more than 5,000 runs for England during a 77-match Test career spanning 13 years between 1963 and 1976.
This will be the first series played in India in well over a year.
A five-match Test series against India will headline England's bumper home summer in 2021 as ECB unveiled a provisional fixture with plans to get crowds back into the stadiums.
A former Hampshire cricketer, Holder, who officiated in 11 Tests and 19 ODIs in a career spanning almost three decades, has said that non-white umpires have not been appointed to first-class list since 1992.
31-year-old Bairstow has appeared in only one of England’s 12 tests since last year’s Ashes and wasn’t part of the red-ball squad for series against the West Indies and Pakistan this year.
The English all-rounder, who last played for England in the ODI series against Ireland last month, took to Twitter to announce he has tested COVID-19 positive.
ECB CEO said cricket has “already lost more than 100 million pounds ($127 million) and the financial impact is likely to be 200 million pounds if there is further disruption next year, which many are expecting.”
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