On 26 October, Cricket South Africa (CSA) directed all its players to take the knee at the T20 World Cup or sit on the bench. Wicket keeper and impact batsman Quentin de Kock pulled out of the day’s match against West Indies. His stance sparked moral outrage on both sides: against the threat to constitutionally protected free speech and expression by a compelled gesture of solidarity versus the need for solidarity in the fight against all forms of discrimination, but especially racial.
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