Reprieve For Devon Malcolm (15 Apr 1996)
DEVON MALCOLM`S hopes of resurrecting his England career improved yesterday when the Test and County Cricket Board announced that he will not be disciplined over his criticism of his treatment on the tour of South Africa
15-Apr-1996
Reprieve for Malcolm
15 April 1996
By Christopher Martin-Jenkins
DEVON MALCOLM`S hopes of resurrecting his England career
improved yesterday when the Test and County Cricket Board
announced that he will not be disciplined over his criticism of
his treatment on the tour of South Africa.
The Derbyshire paceman`s prospects of playing for England
again seemed in jeopardy after a series of newspaper articles in
which he hit out at the England team management, claiming he had
been verbally abused by manager Raymond Illingworth and that
his confidence had been destroyed.
But a statement yesterday by the TCCB, spokesman Richard
Little said: "Malcolm has assured the Board that he did not
suggest or intend to suggest that the England manager or
management had used language or exhibited behaviour towards him
which was of a racist nature."
In return, the England management have assured Malcolm that
they never intended to "cause offence or distress" to him and
will not take the matter further.
The TCCB note Malcolm`s previous "exemplary record on overseas
tours with England and England A" and that he "remains eligible
for selection for England in future".
Source :: Electronic Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk)