South African batter Quinton de Kock will take the knee with the rest of his Proteas teammates for the remainder of the ICC T20 World Cup. DeKock QuintonDeKock proteas BLM
I would like to start by saying sorry to my teammates, and the fans back home.
I did not, in any way, mean to disrespect anyone by not playing against West Indies, especially the West Indian team themselves. Maybe some people don't understand that we were just hit with this on Tuesday morning, on the way to a game.I was quiet on this very important issue until now. But I feel I have to explain myself a little bit.
Since our chat with the board last night, which was very emotional, I think we all have a better understanding of their intentions as well. I wish this had happened sooner, because what happened on match day could have been avoided. I didn't understand why I had to prove it with a gesture, when I live and learn and love people from all walks of life every day. When you are told what to do, with no discussion, I felt like it takes away the meaning. If I was racist, I could easily have taken the knee and lied, which is wrong and doesn’t build a better society.I've been called a lot of things as a cricketer. Doff. Stupid. Selfish. Immature. But those didn't hurt.
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