In line with British media studies, the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has knowledgeable an unbiased Cricket Self-discipline Fee (CDC) panel that Yorkshire ought to be imposed a positive of £500,000 ($636,600) and face level deductions because of their mishandling of racism allegations raised by former participant Azeem Rafiq.
Yorkshire had beforehand acknowledged 4 revised fees of bringing the sport into disrepute earlier this 12 months.
In 2021, Rafiq, a former captain of the England Below-19s crew with Pakistani heritage, testified earlier than a British parliamentary committee about his distressing experiences at Yorkshire. He described the remedy he endured as “inhuman” and expressed his perception that he had been subjected to institutional racism throughout the membership.
The proposed sporting penalties encompassed a possible deduction of 48 to 72 factors within the County Championship, together with 4 to 6 factors every within the One-Day Cup and T20 Blast, as per the suggestions.
Through the listening to, Yorkshire’s authorized consultant emphasised that the membership had already skilled opposed penalties and requested the panel to think about this side when delivering its verdict, which is scheduled to be introduced in July.
In Might, the Cricket Self-discipline Fee (CDC) imposed sanctions on six former Yorkshire gamers after figuring out that that they had employed racist slurs. Nonetheless, former England captain Michael Vaughan was absolved of utilizing racist language primarily based on the analysis of possibilities.
(With company inputs)
Yorkshire had beforehand acknowledged 4 revised fees of bringing the sport into disrepute earlier this 12 months.
In 2021, Rafiq, a former captain of the England Below-19s crew with Pakistani heritage, testified earlier than a British parliamentary committee about his distressing experiences at Yorkshire. He described the remedy he endured as “inhuman” and expressed his perception that he had been subjected to institutional racism throughout the membership.
The proposed sporting penalties encompassed a possible deduction of 48 to 72 factors within the County Championship, together with 4 to 6 factors every within the One-Day Cup and T20 Blast, as per the suggestions.
Through the listening to, Yorkshire’s authorized consultant emphasised that the membership had already skilled opposed penalties and requested the panel to think about this side when delivering its verdict, which is scheduled to be introduced in July.
In Might, the Cricket Self-discipline Fee (CDC) imposed sanctions on six former Yorkshire gamers after figuring out that that they had employed racist slurs. Nonetheless, former England captain Michael Vaughan was absolved of utilizing racist language primarily based on the analysis of possibilities.
(With company inputs)
