The cricket authorities have failed the black community for years. They punish Ollie Robinson – but no one punishes them
I think England cricketer Ollie Robinson should be punished for his racist tweets. Young man or not, he knew what he did. But the real problem is that he is a product of an environment created over the years by the cricket authorities, among other agencies.
In 1948, there were 30,000-50,000 black people in Britain. There were British-born black rugby league players, rugby union players, footballers and boxers of repute, but not one black British cricketer of note. Why? If black people were here and they weren’t playing cricket there must have been something stopping them.
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