England Cricket Board
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Suspended Ollie Robinson to return to action with Sussex 2nd team
Cricket | Jun 15, 2021, 01:52 PM ISTRobinson was suspended by the ECB for his offensive racist and sexist tweets, dating back to 2012-13 when he was 18 and 19.
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ECB announces social media review after embarrassing historic tweets
Cricket | Jun 13, 2021, 01:19 PM ISTThe ECB recently suspended Ollie Robinson for eight-year-old racist and sexist tweets, while James Anderson and Jos Buttler were caught in a social-media storm after some of their cheeky tweets from the past resurfaced.
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England cricket players face review of social media posts
Cricket | Jun 12, 2021, 06:02 PM ISTThe England and Wales Cricket Board’s announcement Saturday opened the door to taking disciplinary action against other players, if necessary.
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ECB begins investigating Morgan, Buttler tweets mocking Indians; Anderson deletes controversial post
Cricket | Jun 09, 2021, 10:14 AM ISTScreenshots of those tweets have now gone viral in the wake of ECB's decision to ban Ollie Robinson for his decade old controversial post on social media
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PM Boris Johnson criticises ECB's suspension of Ollie Robinson over racist tweets
Cricket | Jun 07, 2021, 08:22 PM ISTOliver Dowden, the UK government's secretary for culture, sports, digital and media, said the ECB has gone "over the top" in its punishment of Robinson.
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ECB has gone over the top, says UK's culture secretary on Ollie Robinson ban
Cricket | Jun 07, 2021, 04:19 PM ISTEngland fast bowler Robinson was on Sunday suspended from international cricket pending an investigation into his discriminatory tweets he posted as a teenager.
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Ollie Robinson fiasco: England could start reviewing social media history of future players
Cricket | Jun 04, 2021, 12:01 PM ISTRobinson, who made his Test debut against New Zealand on Wednesday, was embroiled in controversy, as a string of sexist and racist messages that he posted on Twitter from 2012-13 emerged over social media.
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Might be back in action in 9 weeks but playing IPL will be difficult as ECB indicated: Stokes
Cricket | May 12, 2021, 08:28 PM ISTStokes sustained a fractured finger during Rajasthan Royals' opening game against Punjab Kings and was subsequently ruled out of the league last month.
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ECB abolishes selector's role, head coach to pick teams
Cricket | Apr 21, 2021, 07:55 PM ISTThe England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday decided to do away with the post of national selector -- currently held by Ed Smith -- and give complete authority to the men's team head coach.
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England extend West Indies tour, add extra Test and two T20Is to their schedule
Cricket | Mar 24, 2021, 11:12 PM ISTLast year in July, England and West Indies had restarted international cricket amid the COVID-19 pandemic with a three-match Test series.
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IPL big reason behind England's success in white-ball formats: Ashley Giles
Cricket | Mar 12, 2021, 08:03 PM ISTThere are 12 England cricketers, some with million-dollar contracts, playing in the IPL.
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England's Tom Banton among two foreigners in PSL to test positive for COVID-19
Cricket | Mar 03, 2021, 08:29 PM ISTPCB's Director of Media Sami Burney had announced on Tuesday that two foreign players and one member of the support staff had tested positive for the virus.
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IND vs ENG | You won't see all best players from now on: Jos Buttler backs ECB's rotation policy
Cricket | Jan 30, 2021, 06:33 PM ISTButtler's comments made it clear where the team stands on Jonny Bairstow being rested for the first two Tests of the upcoming four-match series against India.
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Moeen Ali tests positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Sri Lanka
Cricket | Jan 04, 2021, 07:18 PM ISTAli will have to observe 10-day isolation in accordance with the Sri Lanka Government’s protocol.
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Former umpires sue ECB over alleged racial discrimination
Cricket | Dec 31, 2020, 02:59 PM ISTFormer umpire John Holder and former U-19 cricketer Ismail Dawood "are seeking compensation and a recommendation on the ECB's future conduct under s.123 (3) (b) of the 2010 Equality Act."
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Former England batsman John Edrich passes away at 83
Cricket | Dec 25, 2020, 06:46 PM ISTEdrich, a left-handed batsman, scored more than 5,000 runs for England during a 77-match Test career spanning 13 years between 1963 and 1976.
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Tempered bio-bubble models expected to fare well during England's tour of India next year
Cricket | Dec 10, 2020, 10:32 PM ISTThis will be the first series played in India in well over a year.
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India's away series against England could have spectators as ECB unveils fixtures of 2021 season
Cricket | Nov 18, 2020, 06:29 PM ISTA five-match Test series against India will headline England's bumper home summer in 2021 as ECB unveiled a provisional fixture with plans to get crowds back into the stadiums.
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ECB accused of racism, former umpire, ex-player demand inquiry into lack of non-white officials
Cricket | Nov 17, 2020, 07:16 PM ISTA former Hampshire cricketer, Holder, who officiated in 11 Tests and 19 ODIs in a career spanning almost three decades, has said that non-white umpires have not been appointed to first-class list since 1992.
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Jonny Bairstow, Mark Wood lose England test contracts; pay cuts likely
Cricket | Sep 30, 2020, 08:40 PM IST31-year-old Bairstow has appeared in only one of England’s 12 tests since last year’s Ashes and wasn’t part of the red-ball squad for series against the West Indies and Pakistan this year.