Former England captain Michael Vaughan has been cleared of utilizing racist language in the direction of ex-Yorkshire crew mate Azeem Rafiq by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) panel.
The panel mentioned in its verdict on Friday that it discovered the cost in opposition to him was not proved.
Yorkshire and quite a lot of people had been charged by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) final 12 months after an investigation into racism allegations made by Rafiq, who mentioned in 2021 that he had been a sufferer of institutional racism on the membership.
Rafiq, a participant of Pakistani descent, alleged that Vaughan informed him and different gamers of Asian origin that there have been “too many of you lot, we need to do something about it” earlier than a match in 2009. Vaughan strongly denied the allegation.
In its verdict launched on Friday, the CDC mentioned its panel “was not satisfied on the balance of probabilities that these words were spoken by MV (Vaughan) at the time and in the specific circumstances alleged”.
“The findings do not in any way undermine the wider assertions made by AZR (Rafiq), many of which of course have been confirmed by the admissions of both YCCC (Yorkshire) and certain individuals, as well as by other findings of this panel,” the assertion added.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com