Final 12 months, too, West Indies and England had taken a knee in help of the BLM motion forward of the primary Take a look at on the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
West Indies cricket group head coach Phil Simmons on Wednesday reaffirmed his group’s help for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) motion and the struggle for justice and equality forward of the group’s sequence towards South Africa, starting on June 10.
“What we noticed in the course of the tour of England was an historic second and highly effective message — a second in sporting historical past that will likely be remembered for years to return,” mentioned Simmons on Wednesday.
“However greater than that, it carried a message that reverberated world wide — that there isn’t any place for racism and that as a West Indies group we’ll present our help for the trigger as we attempt for equality and justice for everybody all over the place to have a ‘degree enjoying discipline’ on and off the sphere.”
Final 12 months, too, West Indies and England had taken a knee in help of the BLM motion forward of the primary Take a look at on the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
It was in response to the dying of George Floyd in the USA, which triggered world outrage and protest, with main NBA, NFL and English Premier League expressing solidarity with the motion.
South Africa will play two Take a look at matches and 5 T20Is and can wind up their tour on July 3. Whereas the Take a look at matches will likely be performed in St Lucia, all 5 T20Is will likely be performed in Grenada.