Yorkshire charged by ECB
Yorkshire and “various people” have been charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board following the overseeing body’s examination concerning the way that the region managed bigotry claims made by the previous player Azeem Rafiq. The ECB didn’t name any individuals engaged with an assertion given on Wednesday. The board said the charges emerged from supposed breaks of the ECB’s enemy of segregation code as well as rules worried about the lead of players. The ECB said a freeboard of the Cricket Discipline Commission would now hear the cases, doubtlessly in September and October. Plus adding that it was standard practice for the board to distribute its choices and composed reasons in full.
Pakistan-conceived previous off-spinner Rafiq originally raised claims of bigotry and harassment in September 2020, connected with his two spells at Yorkshire. It was only after a year after the fact that the club at long last made an announcement saying the resigned player had been the survivor of “racial badgering and harassing”, maintaining seven of his 43 claims.
Yet, the club in this manner affirmed no one would be focused, a choice that was welcomed with broad skepticism. Tension built on Yorkshire, prompting a mass clear-out of senior meeting room figures and training staff at its Headingley central command. Rafiq, who gave nerve-racking declaration to a panel of legislators about his treatment in November, said he trusted the hearings would happen rapidly.
“For clarity, YCCC notes that the allegations relate to charges as far back as 2004 up until 2021 and the club will need the cooperation of those in position during this time in order to fully consider and respond to the matters raised,” the club said in a statement.
