Gough: Yorkshire want to be inclusive for everyone

Darren Gough says Yorkshire will be "inclusive for everyone" after welcoming changes required by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) following racism allegations by Azeem Rafiq.

Former Yorkshire captain Gough was appointed as managing director of cricket in January on an interim basis until the end of 2022, and revealed how Rafiq's testimony has been a wake-up call.

Yorkshire County Cricket Club members have overwhelmingly voted in favour of structural changes required by the ECB that will allow international fixtures to be staged at Headingley.

"It's been hard, but enjoyable," Gough said of his three months in the role.

"I think coming in and seeing the club on its knees really, and not with a great reputation, my job was to come in and purely concentrate on getting some morale back to the cricket side of things.

"Because the players, as you can imagine, were probably quite low.

"And I can remember that first conversation with them at the indoor nets, but the way they have worked for me over the last three months has been outstanding in difficult circumstances, with interim coaches.

"I think it's sport in general, and the world in general that needs to improve. Not just cricket.

"I think it was a wake-up call with Azeem's brave testimony.

"The club admitted it made huge mistakes, and now it's a case that I've come in and we're trying to make Yorkshire a club that people can be proud of.

"That people all around the world from all sports can look at us and say: 'That's how a cricket a club and an organisation should be run'.

"It's going to be hard work. We might have hiccups along the way, people might make mistakes, but it's about working together and making Yorkshire an inclusive place for all.

"It's going to