Race probe ‘doesn’t sit right’ with Rafiq

By Matt Green

THE eyes of the cricket world are on Yorkshire, not just for the Test that starts at Headingley on Wednesday, but awaiting the the publication of a report into claims of racism at the club.
An investigation lasting a year was launched after allegations by Azeem Rafiq –a former Yorkshire player and captain – of institutional racism from 2008 to 2018.
It concluded that “several of the allegations made were upheld” and that he had been “historically… the victim of inappropriate behaviour”.
Rafiq, an off-spin-bowling all-round...

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