The Surfer

Gibbs a racist? Come on ...

Writing on the Supersport website, Cricinfo's Neil Manthorp gives the alternative angle on the Gibbs controversy, and wonders just how much provocation a player should have to put up with.

Writing on the Supersport website, Cricinfo's Neil Manthorp gives the alternative angle on the Gibbs controversy, and wonders just how much provocation a player should have to put up with.

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Let's just say, for example, that a player happens to be...at third man. During a test match. You can't just walk away. So you stand there, for most of the day, being told that your sexual orientation leans towards sheep, and members of your own family, and that you are racist. And more.

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Andrew Miller is the former UK editor of ESPNcricinfo and now editor of The Cricketer magazine