David Gower has blasted broadcasting bosses for their treatment of David Lloyd - insisting 'Bumble' should "still be on the airwaves".
Lloyd, a much-loved cricket commentator and pundit, spent 22 years entertaining audiences on Sky Sports before his time with the broadcaster came to a bitter end last year. The 75-year-old, known as Bumble, left his position after becoming embroiled in the racism scandal that engulfed English cricket.
He had been accused by Yorkshire whistleblower Azeem Rafiq of being a 'closet racist' due to attempts to 'smear him' by discrediting racism allegations in private text messages sent to a colleague. Lloyd immediately apologised to Rafiq, and announced his own departure from Sky without mentioning the broadcaster's probe into the private messages. He has since not been heard behind the mic on a mainstream platform.
