Institutional racism and sexism infects English cricket, an independent report finds
LONDON: Institutional racism, sexism and class-based discrimination continue to infect English cricket, an independent commission has found.
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LONDON: Institutional racism, sexism and class-based discrimination continue to infect English cricket, an independent commission has found.
LONDON: The long-awaited Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) Report is to be published on Tuesday 27 June, more than 2 and a half years after the report was instigated after an extensive number of claims of institutional racism within English cricket were made.
Six former Yorkshire cricketers found guilty of racial abuse at the club were on Friday fined a total of 22,000 pounds by the Cricket Discipline Commission. But the punishments, which include suspensions if they return to cricket, are down from what the ECB had pushed for fines totalling £37,000 at a hearing on May 3. John Blain, Tim Bresnan, Andrew Gale, Matthew Hoggard and Richard Pyrah were all found guilty of breaching ECB Directive 3.3 following a CDC hearing in March.
Six former Yorkshire players found guilty of using racist language in the Azeem Rafiq case have been fined by the Cricket Discipline Commission.
Six former Yorkshire players have been sanctioned for the alleged use of racist and discriminatory language in verdicts released by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) panel on Friday.
LONDON: Six former cricket players in the UK are set to be sanctioned today following a hearing that confirmed their use of racist language against Pakistani teammates, The Independent reported.
April is a decisive month for International Cricket Council associate members in the Gulf region.
Michael Vaughan has been cleared of using racist language towards a group of Asian players at Yorkshire in 2009 after a panel found "significant inconsistencies" in how key witnesses recalled the alleged remark.