Archer needs support over racist abuse

West Indies captain Jason Holder said Jofra Archer needed support after receiving racist abuse for breaching Covid-19 protocols as cricket could not afford to do without the talented England fast bowler.

“For him (Archer) to have been racially abused in New Zealand last winter (a Kiwi fan was subsequently banned till 2022) and for it now to be resurfacing would traumatise any individual,” Holder wrote in his Daily Mail column published on Thursday.

“More than ever, now is the time for us all to unite behind him and show as much support as we can,” said Holder of his fellow Bajan cricketer Archer.

“We need to eradicate racism and abuse and anything we as a West Indies team can do to help him we will do.” —