Former England cricketer Ebony Rainford-Brent has revealed a racist hate letter she received telling her to “leave our country”. Rainford-Brent, 37, was the first black woman to play for England and is the director of women’s cricket at Surrey. She posted a picture of the abusive letter on social media on Wednesday along with her reaction. “Born in South London but apparently I was found naked in Africa as a primitive,” she wrote. “Had some letters in my time but this one up there!” The handwritten letter had a number of expletives and was posted on Twitter by Rainford-Brent a day after ex-Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq’s emotional testimony to a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee.
