Amid the global Black Lives Matter protests, England's star paceman Chris Jordan heaped praise on his international team and captain Eoin Morgan, saying the racism “is definitely not an issue” in the England cricket team that leads the way in embracing diversity and set a good example for all to follow.
Several sportspersons including cricketers have been raising their voices against racism and called for zero tolerance to any discrimination based on skin color after the Black Lives Matter protests broke out following an African-American George Floyd's death at the hands of the white police officer in the US.
England is one of the most diverse cricket teams, featuring the likes of Barbados-born Jofra Archer, spinner Adil Rashid and all-rounder Moeen Ali, who have Pakistani heritage, and an Irish-born white-ball captain Morgan and Jordan himself a Barbados born cricketer in the squad.
The 31-year-old has further pointed out that the England team lives peacefully with all members both on and off the pitch as well as shares mutual respect despite coming from diverse cultures and that’s key to their success while hailing the captain Morgan for brilliantly managing the team.
The speedster further revealed that all England players had a role to play when it comes to denouncing racism and even, they openly address the racism issues.
Jordan told Sky Sports: “Speaking from that team's point of view, what you see is what you get. It is very diverse and in general, that's actually well led by Morgy (Morgan).”
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He further explained, “We all have that role to play in terms of that awareness and that policing and that continued to be anti-racist. That is definitely not an issue in the England team and if anything, it leads the way in terms of how diverse the entire team is, so it's a good example to follow.”
We embrace the fact that everyone has come from different backgrounds, has different values and we actually play as one. We speak about those things openly and if anything like that was to transpire, people are called out on it for sure.”
Jordan signed off by saying, “You can only look on the pitch and off the pitch at the camaraderie that the entire team has, in that whole dressing room. We have so much respect and love for one another and that transpires onto the field but most importantly I think it's genuine and that's the key to it.”
(With Sky Sports Inputs)
