#BlackLivesMatter: Darren Sammy Urges ICC, Cricket Boards To Speak Out, Support Fight Against Racism

“For too long black people have suffered. I’m all the way in St Lucia and I’m frustrated If you see me as a teammate then you see #GeorgeFloyd Can you be part of the change by showing your support. #BlackLivesMatter,” Sammy wrote.

Darren Sammy (Image: AFP/Getty)

Former West Indies T20 World Cup winning skipper Daren Sammy on Tuesday urged International Cricket Council (ICC), cricket’s global body, and other national cricket boards across the world to stand united and speak out against social injustice and racism in wake of the brutal killing of US Citizen George Floyd. Putting out a series of tweets to express his shock, anger and resentment over the brutal murder of African American US Citizen George Floyd, the Windies T20I World Cup-winning captain appealed to the ICC and cricket boards to support the fight against racism which has sparked of unprecendented protests and mass scale demonstrations across the United States on the back of George Floyd’s killing. “For too long black people have suffered. I’m all the way in St Lucia and I’m frustrated If you see me as a teammate then you see #GeorgeFloyd Can you be part of the change by showing your support. #BlackLivesMatter,” Sammy wrote.

For too long black people have suffered. I’m all the way in St Lucia and I’m frustrated If you see me as a teammate then you see #GeorgeFloyd Can you be part of the change by showing your support. #BlackLivesMatter

— Daren Sammy (@darensammy88) June 2, 2020

He then further addressed ICC and cricket boards across the world and said: “@ICC and all the other boards are you guys not seeing what’s happening to ppl like me? Are you not gonna speak against the social injustice against my kind. This is not only about America. This happens everyday #BlackLivesMatter now is not the time to be silent. I wanna hear u.”

. @ICC and all the other boards are you guys not seeing what’s happening to ppl like me? Are you not gonna speak against the social injustice against my kind. This is not only about America. This happens everyday #BlackLivesMatter now is not the time to be silent. I wanna hear u

— Daren Sammy (@darensammy88) June 2, 2020

Sammy further said: “Right now if the cricket world not standing against the injustice against people of color after seeing that last video of that foot down the next of my brother you are also part of the problem.”