Archer missed Holding's point,terribly.

Maybe Jofra is trying to appease his white dressing room. While England might be doing things for racial equality, Archer has missed Holding’s point terribly.

Is he really from the land of Hilary Beckles? Or  is he  just slow to understand the symbolic gesture that Mickey Holding was referring to. To dismiss Michael Holding’s point is to show a lack of sensitivity, this may be the case because he is  a black cricketer who has grown up in a milder society compared to Holding. He may also feel privileged to be representing the former colonizers but Jofra cannot fully appreciate  Holding’s point without at least taking the courtesy to understand it even vicariously. 

The Premier League still take a knee after several weeks in support of the movement. But what we are seeing is that the administration of England and  Australia still have the wrong mentally. Cricket is still a white man’s game in that circle and Jofra being the star that he is should have jumped at the opportunity to advocate and add energy to Holding’s comment. He has done the opposite.

Maybe he should take a page out of Lewis Hamilton’s book who wore a shirt in support of Breonna Taylor. We know Archer is far from being accomplished like Hamilton but if we are going to truly remember his exploits after his career comes to  a close, his influence , advocacy and intelligence will have to extend beyond the boundary.

Correspondent 

C.W. Forrest