Cricket - England may review players' social media posts: Thorpe


FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Ashes 2019 - Fifth Test - England v Australia - Kia Oval, London, Britain - September 14, 2019 England batting coach Graham Thorpe during the warm up before the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers/File Photo

(Reuters) - England may review players' social media history before naming them in future squads, batting coach Graham Thorpe said after fast bowler Ollie Robinson's historical racist and sexist tweets came to light during his test debut this week.

Robinson, 27, apologised "unreservedly" for his tweets from 2012-2013 which went viral on social media on Wednesday when he made his test debut against New Zealand at Lord's.

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