New Zealand Cricket mentioned on Thursday that they’re wanting into allegations by former skipper Ross Taylor that he suffered racism.
The 38-year-old, who’s of New Zealand-Samoan descent, retired from worldwide cricket in April after an excellent profession spanning 16 years.
Taylor’s feedback are the most recent accusation of racism in cricket.
In his autobiography “Black and White” launched on Thursday, the legendary batsman says he endured racially barbed feedback from teammates, however doesn’t specify at what degree of the sport in New Zealand.
Taylor mentioned that for many of his profession he was “an anomaly, a brown face in a vanilla line-up”.
“In many ways, dressing-room banter is the barometer,” he wrote.
“A teammate used to inform me, ‘You’re half man, Ross, however which half is nice? You don’t know what I’m referring to.’ I used to be fairly certain I did.
“Other players also had to put up with comments that dwelt on their ethnicity.”
He represented New Zealand in 112 Checks, scoring 7,683 runs between 2006 and 2022. He was captain of the Black Caps for 2 years till 2012.
A spokesman for New Zealand Cricket (NZC) advised AFP they’ve contacted Taylor concerning the allegations.
“NZC has reached out to Ross to discuss some of the comments in his book, both to better understand the details of them and to offer support. These discussions are ongoing,” mentioned the spokesman.
“Ross at present sits on an NZC working group searching for to enhance the sport’s engagement with Pasifika communities and his enter is drastically valued.
“We contemplate him an essential a part of our cricket household and are deeply disenchanted he’s been uncovered to any such behaviour.
Final month, an unbiased evaluate into allegations of racism at Cricket Scotland discovered the governance and management practices of the organisation to be “institutionally racist”.
In June, Pakistan-born Azeem Rafiq mentioned his household have been subjected to “threats, attacks and intimidation” for the reason that former Yorkshire spinner made allegations of racism in opposition to his outdated membership.
Rafiq despatched shockwaves by means of cricket when he mentioned he had been subjected to racial harassment and bullying throughout his time as a Yorkshire participant.
