England’s Ollie Robinson Suspended From International Cricket, Pending Disciplinary Investigation

England bowler Ollie Robinson has been suspended from all international cricket, pending a disciplinary investigation, after ‘racist and sexist’ tweets posted by him in 2012 and 2013 resurfaced on the day he made his Test debut. The news about Ollie’s suspension has been given by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

Robinson had already been dropped for the second Test at Edgbaston starting Thursday. The 27-year-old will leave the England camp on Sunday and return to Sussex.

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After play on Wednesday, Robinson apologised for his old tweets and said: “On the biggest day of my career so far, I am embarrassed by the racist and sexist tweets that I posted over eight years ago, which have today become 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. I would like to unreservedly apologise to anyone I have offended, my teammates and the game as a whole in what has been a day of action and awareness in combatting discrimination from our sport.”

In the England vs New Zealand drawn first Test, Robinson bowled well and picked seven wickets (4/75) and (3/26) – and contributed with 42 runs in England’s first innings.

“Ollie’s learned a hard lesson. It’s unacceptable what he’s done,” Root said.

“He’s fronted up to the dressing room and the world.

“We’ve started doing a lot of good work as a team and we’ll continue to do that. We want to make the game as inclusive and diverse as we possibly can, and we’ll continue to keep looking at finding ways to make that possible.”