Holder and his West Indies teammates are preparing for a three-Test series against EnglandJason Holder, the West Indies captain, believes players found guilty of racism should face the same penalties as match-fixers and dopers. Under ICC regulations, players can face a life ban for on-pitch racial abuse but, in reality, the sanctions are far more lenient than that. The former Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed was suspended for four matches for a racist remark made to Andile Phehlukwayo, the South Africa all-rounder, in 2019 but Holder believes the punishments need to be tougher. “I don’t think the penalty for doping or corruption should be any different for racism,” Holder told BBC Sport. “If we’ve got issues within our sport, we must deal with them equally.”The ICC’s anti-racism policy states that for a first offence the penalty is usually

Source: The Times June 28, 2020 23:03 UTC