LONDON: The British cricket is back the firing track more racism in the game after “stereotypyped” and “obsolete” views expressed about the reason lack of interest in the game between the UK ethnic minority community.
Former Yorkshire Azeem player Rafiq was delivered to combect the testimony of parliamentarians in November where he said his career had ended with the violence he received at the county club.
Pakistani born off-spinner, who dreamed of playing for England, said cricket blighted by institutional racism “up and down and under the country”.
The Digital Parliament, Culture, Media and Sports Committee issued a report earlier this month to say the British cricket must eradicate “deep” racism or face to lose public money.
MPs in the committee heard evidence from a number of chairman of the English County club during the latest session they looked into this problem on Tuesday.
Middlesex Chair Mike O’Farrell offers a generalization offer about the reason why individuals from the African-Caribbean society and South Asia float away from sports.
“Football and rugby world becomes much more attractive to the people of Afro-Caribbean,” O’Farrell Committee said.
“In the case of the South Asian society …
we are medium findings that they don’t want to commit to certainly the same time needed to go to the next step because they prefer – don’t always say they do it – they prefer to get into other education fields where Cricket becomes secondary.
” Rafiq said he staggered by statements, believing they underlined the sports facial problem.
“I think today has shown everyone I’m talking about and how we have a long way to go,” he told the BBC.
“Clearly the district and the game is still very much in denial and it’s a big worried.” He added that O’Farrell’s view on black and South Asian players was “stereotypical ways trying to blame the minority group why there are problems in the game”.
Ebony Rainford-Brent, the first black woman playing for England and who is now a female cricket director in Surrey, tweeted: “Outdated views in the game that exactly why we are in this position” “Unfortunately the decision maker holds this myth.
‘Community Black only like soccer, and Asian society is only interested in education ‘.
Seriously, the game deserves better.
” The National Cricket National Council menge-tweeted disappointment with this O’Farrell comment.
“Very disappointed with comments made today by the Middlesex CCC chair Mike O’Farrell,” he said.
“It is clear that cricket still needs to do more to change ancient perspectives and ill-information from people in an influential position.” O’Farrell issued a statement apologizing for every “sick” of his remarks beforehand might have caused.
“I aim to make a point that as a game, cricket has failed a generation of young cricket, in systematically failing to provide them with the same opportunity that sports and other sectors so they succeeded in giving,” he said.
Britain and Chief Executive Wales Cricket Board Tom Harrison told parliamentary members that the former British captain Clare Connor would lead a review promised the culture of the dressing room and the new anti-discrimination unit would stand and walk at the end of May.