Ace English pacer Stuart Broad said that England cricket team would be prepared to boycott social media if the players wanted to take a stand against online abuse. 

Last year England’s pacer Jofra Archer was one of the victims of racial abuse on social media. However, in the latest incident all-rounder Moeen Ali, who is not on social media, was named in a highly controversial tweet by author Taslima Nasreen which was widely criticised within the sport.

A similar incident happened in the soccer as well after which Scottish champions Rangers and English second-tier side Swansea City said last week they would boycott social media for a week after several players from both teams were racially abused.

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Addressing the same Stuart Broad said that though there are great positives to social media but if they have to lose those positives for a period of time he’s up for that step.  

“There are great positives to social media but if we have to lose those positives for a period of time to make a stand then I’d be well up for that,” Stuart Broad said. 

Stuart Broad further said that if the team believe in this 'really strong message' then it has the leaders to propagate and execute it.

“If there was action it would come from the leaders in our dressing room and if the team felt like a change needed to happen we’ve got some really great people above us in the hierarchy who would be very open to what the team’s beliefs were. It’s a really strong message. I think it is definitely worth a conversation,” he said. 

(Reuters Inputs)