Peter Roebuck, 55, a former Australian cricket player turned a well-known commentator on the sport, leaped 70 feet to his death last week after police came to his South African hotel room to quiz him about an alleged sexual assault on a 26-year-old man. Police are now questioning 16 young men who stayed at his [...]
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Moment #73: Steven Davies is first international cricketer to come out
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Cricket, 2011. On Feb. 27, 2011, Steven Davies became the first publicly out international cricketer in history. He had already been out to teammates for a while, but the team banded together to conceal the secret from the public. For those [...]
Video: English cricket player Steven Davies announces he is gay
This is big news in the cricket world — English wicketkeeper Steven Davies has announced he is gay, the first active cricket player to do so. From the London Telegraph: Davies, who told his family he was gay five years ago and has enjoyed their complete support, said it was a huge relief to finally [...]
Straight cricket player poses nude for gay mag
Jimmy Anderson, a cricket star in England who is married with a child and another one due, has posed naked for the British gay magazine Attitude. Reports the Daily Mail: The October issue, published on September 27, features the fast bowler in numerous naked poses in a London car park chosen to give a gritty [...]
Hot cricketers got naked for charity
Not sure how we missed this one, but three English cricketers appeared naked (and holding well-positioned bats) in this past May’s British version of Cosmo. The gents are Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Alastair Cook, and they did it “for charity” to raise awareness of the Everyman prostate and testicular cancer campaign. The full photo [...]
Terroists attack cricket team in Pakistan
Twelve militants armed with grenades and submachine guns attacked a bus in Lahore, Pakistan, carrying members of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Six police officers guarding the bus and two bystanders were killed. Seven players were injured and two were hospitalized. All twelve gunmen escaped. The assault was among the worst armed attacks on a [...]
The hottest player in Indian cricket
From the world of cricket, a sport quite popular in countries once part of the British Empire, comes a poll from the Indian site Gay Bombay on the hottest players in the sport. The site is run by longtime Outsports reader Vikram. The India Premier League is Indian cricketing’s attempt to create a league based [...]
A streaker gets drilled
Video of a 26-year-old streaker getting decked by Australian cricket player Andrew Symonds during a match in Brisbane. [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vje4KhIoAAM] Share on Facebook