- ECB ‘lost its nerve’ in stopping taking a knee, says editor
- Darren Stevens and Jason Holder among cricketers of the year
Were England’s cricketers too hasty in their decision to stop taking a knee last summer? It is a charge laid down by this year’s Wisden, which states the move to quietly abandon the Black Lives Matter gesture “raised a finger” at the issue.
The editor’s notes in the 158th edition of cricket’s “bible” initially praise England and West Indies for taking a knee during the first Test series of the Covid-affected season, as well as Jason Holder (one of the five cricketers of the year), Michael Holding and Ebony Rainford-Brent for powerful testimonies on the topic of racial inequality.
