Cummins defends Khawaja over Gaza protest and says dove symbol is ‘not offensive’

Cummins defends Khawaja over Gaza protest and says dove symbol is ‘not offensive’

The ICC said the stickers flouted its rules on messages that relate to politics, religion or race.

Cummins said Khawaja’s protest had the support of his team-mates.

“We really support Uzzy,” Cummins told reporters. “He’s standing up for what he believes and I think he’s done it really respectfully.

“As I said last week, ‘All lives are equal’. I don’t think that’s very offensive and I’d say the same about the dove.

“I don’t know the ins and outs of the application, but I think it is pretty vanilla, a dove.

“That’s Uzzy. I think he can really hold his head high with the way he’s gone about it.

“But obviously there’s rules in place and I believe the ICC have said they’re not going to approve that. They make up the rules and you’ve got to accept it.”

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