Michael Holding has accused the ECB of showing "western arrogance" after they decided to cancel their scheduled tour of Pakistan.
The England men's and women's teams were set to visit Pakistan for a joint tour this month, with the men's side due to play two T20Is ahead of the T20 World Cup and the women's team scheduled to play two T20Is and three ODIs.
However, the ECB scrapped the tour last month, citing "the mental and physical well-being of our players and support staff".
The decision did not go down well with Pakistan, who were already reeling from New Zealand's decision to cancel their tour over security concerns.
And England's decision drew widespread derision across the cricketing landscape, especially after the British High Commission they "did not advise against it on security grounds".
Now, West Indies legend Holding has slammed the ECB for pulling out of the tour, comparing the decision to the organisation's "rubbish" response to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Speaking after he was awarded the Cricket Writers’ Club Peter Smith Award, Holding said: "Pakistan went to England before vaccines were available [in 2020], for six or seven weeks.
"They stayed, they played their cricket, they honoured what England wanted them to honour, to save England’s butt, to put it mildly.
"You have an opportunity now to try to repay to a small degree what Pakistan did.
"The ECB statement doesn’t wash with me. No substance. Nobody wants to come forward and face up to anything because they know what they did was wrong.
"So they put out a statement and hide behind a statement. It just reminds me of the rubbish they did with Black Lives Matter.
"I won’t go back into that because I’ve said enough about that. But what that signal sends to me, is the same western arrogance. I will treat you how I feel like treating you, it doesn’t matter what you think, I’ll just do what I want.
"Four days in Pakistan? I’m absolutely sure they wouldn’t have done that to India, because India is rich and powerful."
