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Cricket and Premiership rugby will join the football-led sporting boycott of
Social Media this weekend in a bid to force
Twitter,
Instagram and
Facebook to tackle the issues of online
racism and discrimination.
In cricket, from 3pm on Friday through to 11.59pm on bank holiday Monday all social media accounts across the sport – including players, the national teams, the 18 first-class counties and the eight regional women’s teams – will fall silent as part of a wider movement that will also include the Lawn
Tennis Association.