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Ollie Robinson, a Sussex cricketer who debuted for the England national team during the first game of the two-match series against New Zealand last week got suspended from all forms of cricket. The reason for his suspension is because of the historic tweets he posted during the years 2012 and 2013. Robinson who was then a teenager took to Twitter and had made racial and sexist comments. Due to the suspension, Robinson will be unavailable for the second Test match against New Zealand.
27-year old England pacer also issued an apology on Wednesday after admitting to posting “racist and sexist” comments on Twitter as a teenager. News of the tweets emerged shortly after Robinson walked onto the field at Lord’s in his Test debut earlier that day. It was also just after England and New Zealand players had stood on the side of the field shortly before the start of the first Test in a ‘moment of unity’ with the home players wearing T-shirts that denounced various forms of discrimination.
After England Cricket Board issued a suspension on Ollie, ECB also confirmed that England’s speed gun will leave the English camp and will return to his county, Sussex.
Speaking on the issue, Joe Root, the English captain said, “I think it’s a great lesson for everyone within our game that we can all do more. We all have to keep looking to educate ourselves, trying to better the environment for everyone, trying to be as inclusive as we can, keep making everyone feel comfortable to play what a wonderful sport we have.”
Robinson who has played just one game for the English side picked a total of seven wickets in his debut game against the Kiwis and he also scored 42 in the first innings which proved that he can also contribute with the bat too.