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A second England cricketer is being probed for historical "offensive" social media statements, according to cricket website Wisden.com.

Wisden stated it had discovered a racist tweet but elected not to reveal the player's identity since he was under the age of 16 at the time it was sent.

"It has been brought to our attention that an England player has posted historic offensive material on their social media account, we are looking into it and will make a further comment in due course," a spokesperson for the England and Wales Cricket Board said.

It comes after England fast bowler Ollie Robinson was sidelined from all international cricket while an inquiry into inflammatory information he shared on social media as a teenager in 2012 and 2013 was underway.

Robinson apologised "unreservedly" for tweets that came to light last week when he made his test debut against New Zealand at Lord's.