HOLDING SLAMS ENGLAND’S ‘MOMENT OF UNITY’ GESTURE

Birmingham, June 12: West Indies great Michael Holding has criticised England cricket team’s “moment of unity” gesture in the ongoing Test series against New Zealand, saying it was not supporting Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement but giving subtle meaning of “all lives matter”.

England players wore Tshirts

sporting messages against any racism, religious intolerance, sexism and other anti-discrimination slogans, having decided to not take the knee after the series against West Indies last year.

Holding, who is a passionate advocate for equality in cricket and the wider community, feels the gesture is akin to saying “all lives matter” rather than supporting BLM movement.

“What this England (cricket) team are doing now with this ‘moment of unity’, that is not supporting Black Lives Matter,” Holding told ‘Sky Sports’.

“What you are doing there is, when I say, ‘black lives matter’, you are telling me ‘all lives matter’,” the 67year-old added.