Yorkshire club cricket official strongly denies racism accusations over offensive social media posts

After the Ollie Robinson furor regarding his historic Tweets that went viral, the England Cricket Board (ECB) have come under the spotlight and are facing heat from all the quarters. If that was not enough, the news of Yorkshire Cricket Club has come to light after some disgraceful and mean comments were made official on social media during the recreational game.

Apparently, the news came into prominence because Darfield Cricket Club had signed Kastun Stoute, a player from Barbados, to which few people have taken a dig on how possibly the deal would have been finalized. Considering the players from the West Indies are known for swagger and larger-than-life image, the comment was made stating how the player might have impressed the club by his looks.

Reacting on the news, Phillip Chapman, chair of Barnsley Woolley Miners CC, said, “I’m sure he sold me some sunglasses with flashing lights in Tenerife!!”. Chapman has also has worked with the Yorkshire Club as a coach and team manager. The unwanted comments have certainly not gone well with fans and critics who termed his remarks ‘vile’ and ‘disgraceful’. As soon as there was a bombardment of comments on social media for the former Yorkshire team manager, he deleted the Tweet.

Darfield Cricket Club has confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that they have immediately addressed their concerns to Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League and have promised to not let their former team manager in their property.

Philip Chapman apologises for his unwanted comments

Chapman admitted that his comments were not appropriate and he apologized if anyone was offended by the comments. “My best friend is black,” Chapman said, “And my wife is Eastern-European. There’s no way I’m racist.”

“I’m sorry if someone found it offensive. On reflection, I can see it was clumsy. But I was making a joke about sunglasses, not about the color of his skin. If he had been white, I’d have said he looked like Elton John.”

Chapman further concluded by saying that he purely said that in a light-hearted way and in no way wanted to hurt anyone intentionally. “Do we live in a time when you’re not allowed to have a sense of humor anymore? It seems that whatever anyone says, the race card is played.”