Former Zimbabwe Test batsman Mark Vermeulen

Former Zimbabwe Test batsman Mark Vermeulen has been banned from all cricket activities for referring to black people as “apes”. The 36-year-old, who played nine Tests and 43 one-day internationals, made his views in a Facebook post in July. Vermeulen was responding to a complaint by Prosper Utseya, which alleged that there was racism in Zimbabwe cricket. “Racism is abominable and there can be no defence for it,” Cricket Zimbabwe said in a statement. On…