After Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja was charged with breaching Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) laws for carrying a black armband throughout the first Take a look at match towards Pakistan in Perth, West indies bowling nice Michael Holding slammed the apex cricket governing physique. Holding blasted ICC by terming its actions on the Khawaja fiasco as “hypocrisy and lack of ethical standing”. Khawaja earlier wished to put on sneakers with “all lives are equal” and “freedom is a human proper” written on them as a present of solidarity for folks struggling because of the Israel-Hamas battle however the request was turned down by the ICC.

“I’ve been following the Khawaja fiasco and I can’t say I am shocked by the ICC’s stance,” Holding instructed The Weekend Australian.

“If it had been most different organisations that confirmed some semblance of consistency with their perspective and behavior on points I may declare shock, however not them. As soon as once more, they present their hypocrisy and lack of ethical standing as an organisation,” he added.

Whereas talking his thoughts, Holding cited the instance of Black Lives Matter motion that obtained help from ICC as effectively previously.

“The ICC laws say re messaging ‘approval shall not be granted for messages which relate to political, non secular or racial actions or causes’. So how the f*** folks have been allowed to take the knee for BLM and stumps have been coated with LGBTQ colors?” he questioned.

As of newest, Khawaja has reportedly been denied permission to put a peace image on his bat and sneakers for the Boxing Day Take a look at towards Pakistan.

A sticker exhibiting a black dove and the phrases 01:UDHR — a reference to Article One of many Common Declaration of Human Rights — was on his bat and sneakers throughout coaching in Melbourne on Sunday.

The star batter had a number of conferences with Cricket Australia over latest days to discover a message that will be applicable for the second Take a look at this week, native media mentioned.

However his newest humanitarian gesture has been turned down by the Worldwide Cricket Council, The Australian and Melbourne Age newspapers reported.

(With AFP Inputs)