After Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja was charged with breaching International Cricket Council (ICC) rules for carrying a black armband throughout the first Test match in opposition to Pakistan in Perth, West indies bowling nice Michael Holding slammed the apex cricket governing physique. Holding blasted ICC by terming its actions on the Khawaja fiasco as “hypocrisy and lack of moral standing”. Khawaja earlier wished to put on footwear with “all lives are equal” and “freedom is a human right” written on them as a present of solidarity for individuals struggling as a result of Israel-Hamas battle however the request was turned down by the ICC.

“I have been following the Khawaja fiasco and I cannot say I’m surprised by the ICC’s stance,” Holding instructed The Weekend Australian.

“If it had been most other organisations that showed some semblance of consistency with their attitude and behaviour on issues I could claim surprise, but not them. Once again, they show their hypocrisy and lack of moral standing as an organisation,” he added.

While talking his thoughts, Holding cited the instance of Black Lives Matter motion that obtained assist from ICC as effectively up to now.

“The ICC regulations say re messaging ‘approval shall not be granted for messages which relate to political, religious or racial activities or causes’. So how the f*** people were allowed to take the knee for BLM and stumps were covered with LGBTQ colours?” he questioned.

As of newest, Khawaja has reportedly been denied permission to put a peace image on his bat and footwear for the Boxing Day Test in opposition to Pakistan.

A sticker displaying a black dove and the phrases 01:UDHR — a reference to Article One of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — was on his bat and footwear throughout coaching in Melbourne on Sunday.

The star batter had a number of conferences with Cricket Australia over latest days to discover a message that might be acceptable for the second Test this week, native media stated.

But his newest humanitarian gesture has been turned down by the International Cricket Council, The Australian and Melbourne Age newspapers reported.

(With AFP Inputs)