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England players face Twitter ban
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August 22, 2010
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England's cricketers are facing a ban from using Twitter and Facebook while on England duty, according to the Mail on Sunday.
Twitter has become a prominent part of international cricketers' off-field presence with England's Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Kevin Pietersen and Steven Finn attracting almost 150,000 followers between them.
But while most tweets vary between mundane updates about things such as eating habits to more amusing banter between players, the England management see them as a potentially divisive influence which could lead to dressing-room secrets being revealed.
Yorkshire's Azeem Rafiq stirred controversy when he reacted on Twitter after being dropped from the England Under-19s side by writing that coach John Abrahams was was a 'useless w****r'. The outburst led to a £500 fine and a one-month ban from all cricket and the England management clearly don't want to risk similar embarrassments.
The Professional Cricketers' Association has defended the tweeters, arguing that the existing regulations are sufficient but the England management has the support of captain Andrew Strauss, and appears determined to write a clause in the new central contracts for 2010-11 banning players from tweeting while on England duty.
The ECB will also insist that, in order to qualify for an England contract, players must sign for a county club, forcing Pietersen to find a new home in time for the next domestic season or go freelance.
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I'm surprized that CA is allowing their players to tweet. They're bigger nannies than the ECB!
Posted by BobFleming on (August 23 2010, 18:38 PM GMT)@Singhe - So censorship is specifically a left-wing tool then? A little wikipedia search for McCarthyism might just show the glaring errors in your absurd statement.
Posted byI clicked on this article expecting the directive to be from the idiot running the PCB. Surprise, surprise!!
Posted byI'm surprised it doesn't come under the ICC ban on mobile phones.
Posted by pochard on (August 23 2010, 13:12 PM GMT)Whatever next? Am appalled that the captain is pushing for this. I suspect, however, he will find it illegal. This is meant to be a democracy where free speech and freedom of expression are guaranteed.
Posted by Cric_PasntLvr on (August 23 2010, 09:25 AM GMT)What if they revealed the the secrets of dress room...when they are on duty... :)
Posted byThis is absurd... are they going to ban text messaging next?
Posted by Singhe on (August 22 2010, 23:15 PM GMT)@AndyZaltmannshair...good handle....the end should be to deter the action ( I presume you meant "bad action") for only the violators and not for every user...big diffference. @Ant Sims...you are not missing that much: KP aint that bright!
Posted by AndyZaltzmannsHair on (August 22 2010, 20:04 PM GMT)@Singhe: You say decent people don't ban but enforce punishment. The end is the same is it not if you repress through banning or coerce through blacklisting/punishment/clampdowns. The end being that you deter the action?
Posted byMicheal Vaughan must also be banned from Twitter for his stupid predictions ..