Ollie Robinson’s racist tweets not acceptable: Joe Root
Robinson, who made an impressive Test debut with a match-haul of 7 wickets against New Zealand at Lord's, has been suspended by the country's apex cricket body
London: England’s new fast bowler Ollie Robinson’s eight-year-old racist and sexist tweets were completely “unacceptable” but he has shown “genuine remorse”, skipper Joe Root said while pushing for inclusivity in the country’s cricket set-up, starting from the top.
Robinson, who made an impressive Test debut with a match-haul of 7 wickets against New Zealand at Lord’s, has been suspended by the country’s apex cricket body for some of his tweets dating back to 2012-13, for which he has already tendered an unconditional public apology.
“In regards to the stuff that’s happened off the field, it’s not acceptable within our game. We all know that. He addressed the dressing room straightaway. He obviously spoke to you guys and other media outlets straight away, fronted up to it,” Root said after the drawn first Test.
“He showed a lot of remorse from that point onwards. You can see it’s very genuine from how he’s been around the group and the team.”
The skipper said that he was shocked and didn’t know initially how to react. 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.”
The England cricket team is one of the most diverse in nature and Root wants that structurally, it becomes more inclusive in its outlook.
“It starts with us players at the top of the game. We set out the week with that moment of unity and we’re doing a lot of work behind the cricket that we want to make big change in the game and we want to make it more inclusive, more diverse.
“I think the most important thing is we keep trying to do everything we can to better our sport, that we keep learning and we keep finding ways of making our game as best as we can.”
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