Not with zero specifics of what he may have been privy to.
When was Root Yorks captain by the way?
It’s not enough for Root to acknowledge it happened and say changes need to be made (of course and sensible).
The fact he didn’t witness it makes him guilty now.
This is the bizarre world we live in.
I never witnessed racism in the workplace, guess I am guilty too?
Anyway, fair fucks to Aus there, great chase and the end and Wade did awesome.
To be fair I double checked and Wikipedia said Root 2014 but everything else Gale.Oh you're right. I thought he took over when Gale (now coach suspended for being racist) left, but that was Ballance (the guy who's now admitted to being regularly racist to Azeem Rafiq)...Root's BFF.
Root wasn’t captain.your missing the whole point ? if a player has a problem with racism he goes to the captain first.
you don't take it to the top table like the chairman without involving the captain that's not how it works.
so root must have been the first person Azeem Rafiq talked to about it and if root done nothing about it and turned a blind eye then its even worst in my book and should step down right away in both england and yorkshire captain roles
i feel Azeem Rafiq protected root in all of this because of being his so close friend ? but now roots said he's did not heard or seen nothing ? will be his down fall
Root wasn’t captain.
Gale was.
i don't know the full inns and out of this but root being questioned about it so he must have been involved in some part of the setup at yorkshire. for him to come out and say he heard nothing is a joke and wrong ?
No issue with any of the above? But my question was specifically about Root wasn't it? !I doubt he's going to start listing incidents on twitter, and will instead save everything for the DCMS hearing next week.
What would I like to happen? I would like there to be no racism in English cricket, I'd like the executives involved in suppressing the report or deciding blatant racism was banter to protect YCCC's reputation to be removed from their positions, players/staff who racially abused and bullied Azeem Rafiq until he was suicidal to face consequences and I'd like the people who watched it happen and tolerated it to cop to that and learn from it.
And I'd quite like the ECB to investigate all the other counties to make sure this isn't widespread.
I can't understand why some people are so desperate to pretend nothing's happened, or why Rafiq is still being doubted.
He should have opened instead of Bairstow but only my opinion.England have been really unlucky with injuries, losing Roy and Mills was a blow, but not as big as Stokes or Archer unavailable to be in the squad. I still think England are the best white ball outfit with a full squad. The one thing I couldn't fathom was Livingstone down to bat at 6 or 7 every game, he can be absolutely destructive if given a chance to build an innings, he should have batted 3 or at worst 4. Good luck NZ in the final.