- County club admitted player was ‘victim of racial harassment’
- Yorkshire have yet to share full report publicly or with Rafiq
Azeem Rafiq has accused Yorkshire of protecting the people who abused him during his two spells at the club by refusing to publish their names or the report that eventually forced the county to admit that Rafiq had been “the victim of racial harassment” during his time at Headingley.
Yorkshire made their admission on the morning England’s fifth Test against India was called off last month, with their chairman, Roger Hutton, issuing “sincere, profound and unreserved apologies to Azeem and his family”. At the time Rafiq felt unable to make a considered response, saying he had not been given advance notice that a statement was imminent, or a copy of the club’s report into his case. On Thursday, and with Yorkshire yet to share their full report publicly or with Rafiq, he made public his continued dissatisfaction. The summary report was published last Friday.
Written by Simon Burnton
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/07/azeem-rafiq-accuses-yorkshire-of-protecting-abusers-by-refusing-to-publish-names under the title “Rafiq accuses Yorkshire of protecting abusers by refusing to publish names”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
