Six ex-Yorkshire gamers had been discovered to have used racist language, stemming from claims made by Azeem Rafiq (above)
The England and Wales Cricket board has criticised former Yorkshire chairman Colin Graves for suggesting incidents of racism on the county had been “banter”.
In February Yorkshire accepted 4 amended prices associated to allegations of racism and bullying made by former participant Azeem Rafiq.
Graves mentioned no racism allegations had been raised to him when he was chairman between 2012 and 2015.
The ECB mentioned it was “dissatisfied” along with his feedback.
“We mustn’t ever once more hear the accounts like Azeem Rafiq’s, the place racist slurs are used as a part of normalised language,” an ECB assertion learn.
“These occasions, together with many points skilled by Azeem and others throughout their time at Yorkshire, have been upheld greater than as soon as, together with throughout proceedings overseen by the Cricket Self-discipline Committee (CDC).
“We vehemently disagree that that is ‘simply banter’ and imagine any debate in regard ought to cease instantly.”
Former spinner Rafiq first made claims of historic racism at Headingley in August 2020, later calling English cricket “institutionally racist”.
Six ex-Yorkshire gamers discovered to have used racist language had been sanctioned with fines and bans by the CDC final month.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan was cleared “on the stability of chances” by the panel of utilizing racist language in direction of Rafiq.
The sanctions ensuing from Yorkshire’s 4 prices will likely be mentioned at a listening to on 27 June.
Potential sanctions embody a vast wonderful, factors deductions and suspension from ECB competitions.
In an interview with Sky Sports activities Newsexternal-link, Graves, who was ECB chairman from 2015 to 2020, mentioned of the racism claims at Yorkshire: “There have been odd events the place phrases have been mentioned that folks could remorse afterwards.
“I do not suppose it was accomplished on a racist, savage foundation. I do know individuals do not just like the phrase banter, however I feel there may have been a variety of banter in…
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