Not saying England players never made mistakes but we're committed to making cricket more inclusive: Joe Root

England captain Joe Root said the team has had to face some ugly truths over allegations of offensive historical social media posts from multiple players. However, he said the players don't hold the view expressed in their tweets from the past.

England captain Joe Root conceded that the senior national team members have had to face some "ugly truths" over the last week after reports of sexist and racist historic tweets from their players emerged. The skipper stressed that England are committed to making the sport more inclusive. While fast bowler Ollie Robinson was suspended over offensive historical tweets that resurfaced during his Test debut at Lord's earlier this week, England and Wales Cricket Board have launched an investigation into allegations of such offensive tweets from several other players, including World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler. All-time wicket-taker James Anderson also came under the scanner after he was alleged of posting a homophobic tweet in 2010. The ECB has stressed that each of these cases will be investigated and "relevant and appropriate action” will be taken if the players are proven guilty of posting offensive comments on social media in the past.