'Leave Our Country': England's Ebony Rainford-Brent Receives Hate Letter

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Former England cricketer Ebony Rainford-Brent has taken to her Twitter account to reveal an 'interesting' hate letter filled with racist abuse and the sender asking her to 'leave our country'. 

The first black woman to play for England while debuting at the age of 17 shared the letter at the time when Azeem Rafiq gave detailed testimony regarding racism in England cricket. 

The letter contained abuse and highlighted 'white cricket culture'. The sender rhetorically asked her 'who invited you to my country' and told her to leave. 

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! pic.twitter.com/Z4QhATia1B

— Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent MBE (@ejrainfordbrent) November 17, 2021

Brent played for England for nine years and is an MBE Awardee on the queen's birthday honors list in 2021 for her services to the sport. Last year, she partnered with West Indies' cricketer Michael Holding to discuss racism and Black Lives Matter(BLM) movement.