Scotland cricket team putting in a Scotland football team type performance.
Unless he has a very good reason, Quinton appears to be a bit of a Kockhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59051327
Reckon Pakistan will win the cup, look strong in all departments.
Quote from: UK Redsox on October 26, 2021, 01:40:25 PMUnless he has a very good reason, Quinton appears to be a bit of a Kockhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59051327It’s baffling. Whether you think the gesture is worthwhile or not you must feel really strongly about something to remove yourself from the World Cup. I can’t see it meaning anything other than what you’d think it means.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on October 26, 2021, 08:51:20 PMQuote from: UK Redsox on October 26, 2021, 01:40:25 PMUnless he has a very good reason, Quinton appears to be a bit of a Kockhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59051327It’s baffling. Whether you think the gesture is worthwhile or not you must feel really strongly about something to remove yourself from the World Cup. I can’t see it meaning anything other than what you’d think it means.Agreed Paul. Unless his entire family were killed while taking mass, I cannot understand his decision.If it's gesture politics, along the lines of 'I don't kneel for any man' then he's hardly Muhammad Ali. It's not as if he's required to sacrifice white children for Kwanzaa.The cricket captain of a country with a deeply racist past (and present) choosing not to make a gesture of solidarity with his teammates and countrymen - well, it's not a good look.I'd be ashamed if Root or Morgan did the same without extraordinary mitigation.
Quote from: Rory on October 26, 2021, 11:16:55 PMQuote from: PaulWinch again on October 26, 2021, 08:51:20 PMQuote from: UK Redsox on October 26, 2021, 01:40:25 PMUnless he has a very good reason, Quinton appears to be a bit of a Kockhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59051327It’s baffling. Whether you think the gesture is worthwhile or not you must feel really strongly about something to remove yourself from the World Cup. I can’t see it meaning anything other than what you’d think it means.Agreed Paul. Unless his entire family were killed while taking mass, I cannot understand his decision.If it's gesture politics, along the lines of 'I don't kneel for any man' then he's hardly Muhammad Ali. It's not as if he's required to sacrifice white children for Kwanzaa.The cricket captain of a country with a deeply racist past (and present) choosing not to make a gesture of solidarity with his teammates and countrymen - well, it's not a good look.I'd be ashamed if Root or Morgan did the same without extraordinary mitigation.Someone saying on the radio earlier that he has a history of being supportive to players from other ethnic backgrounds and working in communities. Perhaps he doesn't feel that the cricket authorities should be ordering the team and him as captain, to do things. I went over there to watch England last year and it was clear that there were major issues between the cricketing authorities and players, which seemingly haven't been resolved since.
It's pretty pathetic that any player goes out of their way to avoid showing solidarity with victims of racism. It's particularly repugnant given his country's history. It is entirely understandable that South Africa want to show the world that those days are behind them, and he's an arse for opposing their efforts.All players in just about every international sport have been required to stand respectfully during their (and their opponents') national anthem for years. Basically none of them ever seemed to have a problem with their liberty being restricted then.If the tipping point for him is when his cricket board asks him to show solidarity with victims of racism, including Apartheid, then it is him that is the problem, not the cricket board or the ICC.