Yorkshire pledge to cooperate with ECB after being charged over racism claims
Yorkshire have pledged to cooperate fully after being charged by English cricket’s governing body in relation to allegations of racism at the county.
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Yorkshire and seven individuals charged after ECB racism investigation
Yorkshire CCC and seven individuals have been charged by the ECB following its investigation into racism and other allegations at the club.
Yorkshire charged by ECB after investigation into racism claims
Yorkshire County Cricket Club and a number of individuals have been charged following an investigation into racism claims made by former player Azeem Rafiq, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Wednesday, without naming the people in question. Rafiq, a former England under-19 captain of Pakistani descent, last year alleged that he had been a victim of institutional racism at the club. The scandal shook English cricket to its core and led to numerous changes in coaching and administrative personnel at Yorkshire. "The charges arise from alleged breaches of ECB Directive 3.3 (conduct which is improper or which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or which may bring the ECB, the game of cricket or any cricketer into disrepute) and the ECB Anti-Discrimination Code," the governing body said in a statement.
Cricket-Yorkshire charged by ECB after investigation into racism claims
(Reuters) -Yorkshire County Cricket Club and a number of individuals have been charged following an investigation into racism claims made by former player Azeem Rafiq, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Wednesday, without naming the people in question.
ECB commits to establish new anti-discrimination unit
England and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesday said it is committed to establish a new anti-discrimination unit to ensure that it has the right resources and capabilities to tackle discrimination in all its forms. The ECB said work to define the resources and capabilities required by the unit has been completed and the proposed approach has been approved by its Board.
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson joins Yorkshire board
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is one of six new people to have been voted on to the Yorkshire board.
English actor Stephen Fry nominated new MCC president
Stephen Fry will become the next president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), a year after he advocated for change following a racism scandal that shook English cricket. A lifelong cricket fan, Fry was only the second non-cricketing personality after the late archbishop Desmond Tutu to give the prestigious Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture in which he denounced the "shameful scandals that regularly seem to engulf the game we love".
English actor Fry nominated new MCC president
British actor Stephen Fry will become the next president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), a year after he advocated for change following a racism scandal that shook English cricket.