To suggest that the observation of #BlackLivesMatter has been seamless in Formula One, the English Premier League and the rest of the free sporting world would be disingenuous, but it hasn’t quite left the earth as scorched as it has in South Africa.
Having begun with an innocuous comment by Proteas fast bowler Lungi Ngidi, the fallout in cricket was such that the sport now has a transformation ombud to deal with racial discrimination in the game, the recriminations elbowing for room with Cricket SA’s boardroom scandals.