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Racism in English cricket has another casualty

 
Casper 2021-11-21 07:41:19 

Ashes hero Matthew Hoggard was blocked from speaking at an awards dinner on Friday night as a direct consequence of using racist language to Azeem Rafiq.

Meanwhile Hoggard, 44, had been booked to appear at the ECB-accredited North East Premier League’s presentation evening, but following Rafiq’s revelations at the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee on Tuesday that the paceman had nicknamed him ‘Raffa the Kaffir’ — for which the ex-pace bowler has since apologised — Ryan Sidebottom was drafted in to replace him.

 
Tryangle 2021-11-22 13:25:34 

It's really shed massive lights across the cricket landscape, hasn't it.

Now Alex Hales in trouble for blackface.

And Piers Morgan emerged from the void to throw stones at Azeem, of course.

Numbnut Nigel Farage wants to invalidate everything.