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Yorkshire and racism allegations
Tryangle
2021-08-18 14:56:25
Yorkshire seem to be sitting on this at the moment...
ESPNcricinfo has seen much of the evidence and is aware of some of the conclusions. Among the witness statements are reports of multiple Asian players claiming they were called 'smelly P***' and a Yorkshire captain routinely using the word 'n*****.' More than one age-group coach also reports they were told not to select too many Asian youngsters in their side.
Chrissy
2021-08-18 16:33:46
In reply to Tryangle
And you are surprised because?
camos
2021-08-18 17:00:11
weren't they like the last to use foreign players?
FuzzyWuzzy
2021-08-18 17:17:09
In reply to camos
Not only foreign but if you were not born in Yorkshire you couldn't qualify.
Jumpstart
2021-08-18 20:10:13
In reply to Tryangle
Does not surprise me at all. For decades, nobody outside of Yorkshire could have played for them. That immideately locked out all West Indian players who lets face it, were holding the County Championship together. And Boycott is from Yorkshire and look what he has said
Norm
2021-08-18 20:13:48
In reply to Tryangle
At least they are talking about it openly.
camos
2021-08-18 22:24:44
In reply to Norm
who talking about it ,not Yorkshire?
Norm
2021-08-18 23:15:01
In reply to camos
who talking about it
Plenty of people talking about it. They will resolve it, acknowledge wrongdoings and move on to making things better for everyone.
Rashid has so far declined to comment publicly on the episode. At one stage, Yorkshire's lawyers informed Rafiq that Rashid would be providing evidence against him; a suggestion that was not true.
Adil Rashid has subsequently contacted ESPNcricinfo to clarify that, whatever issues he may have had with Yorkshire, they have long since been resolved. He also says he does not remember the detail of what was spoken about at the 2017 meeting which he recalls as an informal conversation at a dinner. The evidence outlining his complaint in 2017 was provided by the club.
Yorkshire declined to acknowledge Rafiq's interviews in which he detailed his allegations of racism at the club until they were carried by ESPNcricinfo on 2 September, 2020. He had previously made similar comments to Wisden.com (on August 17, 2020) and the Cricket Badger podcast.
WI, on the other hand, only talk in court, in matters with Sarwan, Gayle, etc. They will deny wrongdoing and never move on to improving anything.
Tryangle
2021-08-19 12:07:57
Yorkshire's statement does a lot of blah blah blah then specifically says, "historically, Azeem was the victim of inappropriate behaviour"...
granite
2021-08-19 20:01:23
In reply to Tryangle
I am certain both London counties Middlesex and Surrey have a plan to not select too many Asians,especially when they reach 17,at that age the counties gives contracts to the best ones and it's always the whites who gets the contracts.
Tryangle
2021-08-20 12:28:59
Next Test is at Yorkshire's home ground right? Wonder if this issue will gain extra focus
mikesiva
2021-08-20 18:23:06
In reply to Tryangle
Inappropriate behaviour?
Yorkshire trying hard to avoid using the "R" word.
Tryangle
2021-08-20 18:32:22
In reply to mikesiva
Yup and Azeem Rafiq called them out on just that.
