Mumbai: Former Sensational testimony of former Yorkshire Azeem to a parliamentary panel, culture, media and sport (DCMS) on Tuesday on rampant racism that existed in the county team has left English cricket reeling.
It also opens up old wounds from former cricketers of South Asian descent who have played and later worked in the UK.
On Wednesday, Ex-India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer, who played for Lancashire in the 70s and later lived in England for the rest of his life, told TOI last year, he suffered “racial discrimination” when you start.
out as a commentator in the UK.
Nara period TimesViewengineer increasingly underline how deeply entrenched racism in English cricket.
It is good that the issue is being discussed with intact and authorities were noted.
But to make a real change, they must begin to impose punitive measures for such behavior.
“I had a bit of discrimination when I started as a commentator in the UK.
There are some individuals who made the strange comment that does not do it sounded right.
There are occasions when I heard one or two comments, fostering the comments of those who were not pleasant.
It is clear that they do not want me because of the color of my Indian heritage to me.
They did not expect me to Derive Wednesday.
Engineers, managed to find its place in a special team match BBC, and commented during the World Cup 1983 in England, which was then won by India.
“Fellow commentator I like Brian Johnston, who is the main commentator in TMS those days, and Christopher Martin-Jenkins is really great.
They really liked my comments.
If it were not for them, I would not be there at TMS.
Team.
I was the only South Asian in it, “recalled children aged 83 years.
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He never “has never faced.
Racism in Lancashire, “” Although he heard a strange comment when playing cricket District.
“” You find a strange man making derogatory comments in District District, but these are all examples of very strange.
Cricketers from South Africa and Zimbabwe will mock accent (India) us.
I can remember the former England captain who did it.
I’ll Pull people like that on their face.
They do not have the guts to say anything after that, “grab the engineer, who scored 2611 test @ 31.08, including two test hundreds.
Although Lancashire are Yorkshire neighboring areas, things, when it comes to racism, much better in the region, said the engineer.
“Thank God I’m playing for the ‘Red Rose’ (Lancashire), and not the ‘White Rose’ (Yorkshire).
Over the years, there were all sorts of rumors going on about Yorkshire.
I’ve heard a lot of things, but not experienced anything personally, “he said.
The racism in Yorkshire, he feels, is targeting players ‘little known’ as Rafiq, not the big guns.” When Sachin (Tendulkar) played for Yorkshire (on 1992), he was very well received, I do not think he received a racial, but only Sachin can answer that.
They will only pick players famous little, I guess “he observes.” In Lancashire, both I and Clive Lloyd (former West Indies captain) is vice president of club life.
We were both elected as a club legend.
Both I and Clive is a senior member of the team and is highly respected in the locker room.
We are two foreign stars in Lancashire, who brought the team, “recalls the engineer.
The former captain of Lancashire, David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd and former England captain Michael Vaughan also burning of Rafiq.
‘Bumble’ has apologized to Rafiq.
As a teammate in Lancashire, he never made a condescending comment about me or clive.
He was always full of praise for us.
I can not comment vaughan.
I have done some ‘presentation’ With Vaughan.
We always mutual respect, “said Engineer.
Talking about strong accusations Rafiq face racial discrimination, the engineer said:” He spoke very well, he is quite confident about the outlook.
I do not think he’s bluffing.
I am glad that someone has come out with this.
Very fact that the District Yorkshire did not make the report (of the charge) the public, showing that they are guilty.
“I am pleased that Yorkshire and the ECB, which is supposed to step in and do something, have raised their hand and raise his hands.
Admit they do not do enough to curb this menace.”
I found racist comments as commentators in the UK: Farokh Engineer
