Former England cricketer Ebony Rainford-Brent shares racist letter she received

The 37-year-old, who became the first Black woman to play for England’s cricket team in 2001, shared a picture of the letter on Twitter Wednesday, during a week when the sport’s issues with racism have been laid bare.Rainford-Brent captioned her tweet: “Interesting… Born in south London but apparently I was found naked in Africa as a primitive. Had some letters in my time but this one up there!”The letter contained a number of racist and sexist slurs​ and referred multiple times to “White culture.” It comes after former cricket player Throughout the hearing, Rafiq shared his experience of ​being bullied at Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) and broke down in tears on more than one occasion.​In a summary of a report produced by an independent panel for the YCCC, the panel concluded that “there is no question” that Rafiq “was the victim of racial harassment.”Rainford-Brent represented her country 29 times until 2010 before moving into sports broadcasting.In 2020, she partnered with cricket legend Michael Holding to produce a powerful short film to address the issue of racism in both cricket and society following the police murder of George Floyd. READ: World Cup winner urges White players to take a more active role in fighting racism”I grew up in a very multicultural, diverse London with all sorts of colors — Black, White, Asian,” she said in the Sky Sports video. “Everyone was a melting pot, and I noticed that as soon as I walked into the world of cricket, the comments started. “I had comments about where I grew up, and the fact that I had a long name, maybe my mum didn’t know who my dad was; about my hair, body parts, especially the derriere shall we say; about the food that I ate and that it stank.”I question myself why I stayed so long. I love the game, it has so much more to offer, but it can be really difficult dealing with that day in and day out.”