Gaspode Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) Sky reporting that “Yorkshire have been suspended from hosting international and major matches by the England and Wales Cricket Board over their "wholly unacceptable" handling of Azeem Rafiq's racism claims”… Edited November 4, 2021 by Gaspode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Yorkshire CCC's response to all of this has been utterly woeful. How they thought they could sweep it all under the carpet is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sufferingfool Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Tip of the iceberg I suspect won’t just be happening at Headingly. cstand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Sufferingfool said: Tip of the iceberg I suspect won’t just be happening at Headingly. Mark Butcher made a series of films about racism in English cricket. They were shown during test matches this past summer. Very illuminating and very depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 (edited) On 04/11/2021 at 18:58, AndyinLiverpool said: Yorkshire CCC's response to all of this has been utterly woeful. How they thought they could sweep it all under the carpet is beyond me. Yeah when I read their statement on the “findings” of their internal invenstigation. I couldn’t believe they thought that would wash. Edited November 7, 2021 by jimbo jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Just watching Azeem Rafiq give evidence to a House of Commons committee. Some shocking stuff coming out. As an aside i was talking to someone at the first Derbyshire game of the season, a friend of a friend, who was coming out with some pretty racist stuff. First time I can recall hearing that at the ground. cstand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWC1983 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 37 minutes ago, sage said: Just watching Azeem Rafiq give evidence to a House of Commons committee. Some shocking stuff coming out. As an aside i was talking to someone at the first Derbyshire game of the season, a friend of a friend, who was coming out with some pretty racist stuff. First time I can recall hearing that at the ground. Im watching it as well. I don't think it's going to stop at Yorkshire. jimbo jones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 2 hours ago, CWC1983 said: Im watching it as well. I don't think it's going to stop at Yorkshire. I’d imagine it’s rife throughout the game, sadly. cstand and CWC1983 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share Posted November 17, 2021 The one small element of positivity in the whole sorry affair is that Rafiq stated in his evidence to the committee that he'd been welcomed at Derbyshire, made to feel part of the team and didn't have a bad thing to say about the club..... jimbo jones, sage, Reggie Greenwood and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Was talking to my bro about this today. We both played cricket in 80s/90s in West Midlands and struggled to remember anyone saying anything openly racist, let alone to abuse someone directly. Everyone knew how vile the P word was and I hardly ever heard it growing up. To think all this was going on at Yorkshire nearly 30 years later is just insane. It's a place of work too, not even an amateur club. sage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 I made the mistake of seeing a Facebook post about this and then read the comments. If you ever want to despair at the people of this country, you could do the same, but I wouldn't recommend it. Also, you know this is bad when the usual apologists can't think of a rebuttal, smear or distraction. cstand, GboroRam and Reggie Greenwood 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Yorkshire CC the Jimmy Savile of cricket. ariotofmyown and cstand 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtoileSportiveDeDerby Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 They like what they know, they know what they like. Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Well, they had a Yorkshire born only player rule until the 90’s wasn’t it? cstand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Brolly Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 14 hours ago, RoyMac5 said: Yorkshire CC the Jimmy Savile of cricket. Now then Now then Reggie Greenwood and cstand 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 cstand, Wolfie, Mick Brolly and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 18 hours ago, Boycie said: Well, they had a Yorkshire born only player rule until the 90’s wasn’t it? But that only explains offensive behaviour up until the rule changed - what about afterwards?......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, Gaspode said: But that only explains offensive behaviour up until the rule changed - what about afterwards?......? Resentment that they were probably forced to change the rule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstand Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 I wonder if Azeem will giving compensation to the Jewish community for his online anti Semitic comments to help with his apology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 5 hours ago, Boycie said: Resentment that they were probably forced to change the rule? They weren't forced to change the rule were they? I thought they changed it cos they were carp and kept getting hammered ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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