Ollie Robinson fiasco: England may begin reviewing social media historical past of future gamers

Batting coach Graham Thorpe mentioned England may begin reviewing the social media historical past of gamers earlier than their choice within the nationwide crew after pacer Ollie Robinson’s outdated sexist and racist posts surfaced this week.
The 27-year-old Robinson, who made his Test debut towards 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.
Commenting on the problem, Thorpe mentioned extra effort could be made at inspecting a participant’s social media historical past in future to keep away from such controversy.
“It’s clearly something that might need to be looked at so that a day like yesterday doesn’t happen,” Thorpe was quoted as saying by ‘BBC’.
Robinson has since apologised for the posts he wrote whereas he was a young person.
“I’m embarrassed by the racist and sexist tweets that I posted over eight years in the past which have right now develop into public.
“I want to make it clear that I’m not racist and I’m not sexist. I deeply regret my actions and I am ashamed of making such remarks,” Robinson mentioned.

Thorpe added that speedster is conscious of his mistake and has additionally apologised to the dressing room.
“In our dressing room we had to support him. It was a tough day for him yesterday. He had to say sorry to the dressing room and sorry to the world. From that perspective it was very hard for him, but he knows he’s made a mistake,” Thorpe mentioned.
Robinson picked up 4 wickets within the first innings towards New Zealand, giving 75 runs in 28 overs.
“For whatever he has done, it’s still not easy to go back out and perform. He showed good character and he had to be resilient. We were really pleased. His level of performance was exceptional,” mentioned Thorpe.
The England and Wales Cricket Board is investigating Robinson’s actions.