The captain of the England women’s cricket team, Heather Knight, received a suspended fine for her 2012 racist blackface selfie. Knight was given an apology in addition to her 1000-pound fine.
England’s Cricket Regulator announced on Monday that Heather Knight, the captain of the women’s cricket team, has been reprimanded and fined 1,000 pounds in suspended for the admission of a charge related to a 2012 social media post.
The post in question showed Knight attending a fancy dress function at a Kent cricket club while dressed in blackface. The ECB’s regulation 3.3, which addresses actions or inactions detrimental to the interests of cricket or likely to bring cricket or cricketers into disrepute, was broken by the inflammatory image that has lately reappeared on social media.
The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) stated that Knight did not act with “racist or discriminatory intent” in spite of the violation.
The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC), an independent body, has decided to impose punishment on Heather Knight following her accusation regarding an old photo that surfaced on social media.
At the time of the offense in 2012*, Ms. Knight acknowledged violating ECB Directive 3.3, which said that no individual could behave in a way that could harm cricket’s interests or bring the sport, any individual, or group of individuals into disrepute. Read the CDC statement here.
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Heather Knight, who was 21 years old at the time of the incident, has subsequently apologized and accepted her ignorance. She emphasized that her acts were motivated by good intentions and expressed her remorse for any offence caused.
I truly apologize for the error I committed in 2012. I have long regretted doing it because it was wrong. I was just not as aware of the ramifications and consequences of my behavior back then as I am now. Nothing bad was intended. Although it is impossible to undo the past, Knight stated in a media release that she is “passionately and committedly using my platform to promote inclusivity across the game, making sure those in need receive the same opportunity and sense of fulfillment from the game as I have.
The 33-year-old Knight will skipper the squad in the forthcoming Women’s T20 World Cup after being named captain in 2016.
