LONDON: The former former Cricketer Yorkshire Azeem Rafiq estimates “water gates” to open in the crisis of Cricket racism, predicting thousands of people can advance after giving accounts that disrupt their experiences to members of the British parliament.
Rafiq born in Pakistan told parliamentary members on the digital, cultural, media and sports committee on Tuesday how the “continuous” racist language was used for two spells at the county club.
The 30-year-old player who dreamed of playing for England, said sports in the country was destroyed by institutional racism.
He made several new charges against individuals who had a high profile, including former British Gary Trantance, Bresnan team, Matthew Hoggard and Alex Hales, and predicts other people will speak in their lurch.
There have been accusations of racism in Essex while a number of other districts are also named during parliament hearing.
“I feel now it will be a little water gate and many victims of harassment will advance and we need to listen to them, hear it, support them and develop a plan to make sure this doesn’t happen again,” he told Sky Sports.
“I think you will get it (complaints) to hundreds and thousands, maybe, and I think it’s the way they handle it.
We have here because of the handling of Yorkshire for this.” Fallout for Yorkshire for the scandal has devastated, with sponsors making mass exodus, resignation from top administrators and clubs forbidden from accommodating profitable international matches.
But Rafiq warned that the area could not move forward until coach Andrew Gale and Director Cricket Martyn Moxon had left the club based in Headingley.
Gale is currently suspended a delayed investigation of historical tweets and Moxon is signed with stress-related diseases.
Both of them showed written shipments and Verbal Rafiq, with Gale accused of harassing a constant race and Mokson systematic intimidation, including the explosion on the first day of Rafiq after his son’s death.
“I think Martyn and Andrew can (continue their role),” Rafiq said.
“I think Gary (Ballance) – if he apologizes correctly and has some kind of acceptance and accountability – he must be allowed to play.” But in terms of Andrew and Martyn, I don’t think it’s possible for Yorkshire to move forward with them still there knowing the role of what they played in that institution.
“Bresnan, now in Warwickshire, was taken to Twitter to apologize for” any part I played in contributing to the experience of Azeem Rafiq to be intimidated “in Yorkshire but emphasized the accusations he often made racist comments” at all incorrect “.
Rafiq accused The section calls the black dog “Kevin” as a result of the use of the name as an insulting term for people, but Batsman Nottinghamshire has been rejected “On behalf of his dog after the suspicion by the former Yorkshire Cricketer Azeem Rafiq.” Hearing the accusations made against me, I was firm and truly denied there was a racial connotation in naming my dog, “he said in a statement.
More than 1,000 people have contacted an independent commission.
For equity in Cricket, it was founded by a British and Wales cricket board, because “Pembi LAN for evidence “last week.
Steel Cindy, who ties ICEC, said Rafiq’s testimony showed that cricket “must change now”.
“Are important people across the match, many possibilities inspired by the courage of Azeem, have the opportunity to hear,” he told the daily telegraph.
Sayeeda Warsi, a parliamentary member at the Hospital of the Lord of British who was not selected, who called on the ECB to lead the change, said the Azeem case was “the end of the iceberg”.
“It’s time for the ECB to engage with full questions that cover the truth and reconciliation process that allows anonymity because that is what the player wants,” he told the BBC.
Azeem Rafiq predicts ‘floodgates’ will open in crisis cricket racet
