Melbourne: Cricket Australia on Wednesday spoke against “blatantly racist and uneducated ” comments directed at cricketer Dan Christian, who recently spoke out about the casual racism he has experienced in Australian cricket.
According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, the board has also launched an investigation to identify and potentially sanction the senders of racist abuse towards Christian on social media a day after the all-rounder, who is Aboriginal, appeared on Cricket Australia’s new series Cricket Connecting Country.
“We are deeply disappointed to see blatantly racist and uneducated comments in the aftermath of Cricket Connecting Country’s premiere last night,” Cricket Australia wrote on their Twitter handle on Thursday.
“Whilst we have chosen not to name the publisher of these comments publicly, we want to strongly reinforce that any form of racism or discrimination has no place in cricket, sport or wider society. Comments like these demonstrate just how far we still have to go,” the board further said.
