England pacer James Anderson said that the English team has forgiven Ollie Robinson’s apology over his sexist and racist tweets a decade back.
On the other hand the England and Wales Cricket Board are still firm on their decision of not letting the pacer to play in the international cricket in near future over disliplinatory protocols.
Anderson stated that Robinson apologized to the team and that it was accepted. He was asked if some team members were uncomfortable with Robinson’s apology, Anderson said: “No, I think it’s been accepted.”
“He stood up in front of the group and apologised and you could see how sincere he was and upset he was, and I think as a group we appreciate that he is a different person now. He’s done a lot of maturing and growing since then, and he’s got the full support of the team,” he said.
“Well yeah, I think it’s a… you know it is a difficult time. I think as players we’re trying to learn from this really,” he said.
“We realise that it’s important to try and get educated around these issues, which we’re continuing to do with the ECB and the PCA (Professional Cricketers’ Association) we’ve already been doing workshops before this series to try and help improve ourselves as people, basically to try and make sure that this sort of thing doesn’t happen.”
The second Test match between England and New Zealand is set to start on Thursday with the New Zealand side losing their captain Kane Williamson, England might have the edge.
