Webdesk: The independent Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) fined Yorkshire County Cricket Club on Friday for Pakistani-born Azeem Rafiq’s racism scandal.
The club fined £400,000 ($514,000) and deducted 48 points from the English County Championship, with £300,000 suspended for two years.
Yorkshire finishes last in County Championship Division Two after the points penalty.
In September 2020, 32-year-old Pakistani bowler Rafiq accused his two English county stints of racism and abuse.
Yorkshire accepted sanctions.
“The CDC and ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) have today acknowledged the vast amount of work done by YCCC to overcome the cultural issues that existed within the club, which allowed racist and discriminatory behaviour to go unchallenged,” it stated.
“We are accountable for these issues. We accepted four amended charges as part of a commitment.”
The Yorkshire board added: “We are disappointed to receive the point deductions which affects players and staff at the club. Who were not responsible for the situation.”
“There can be no place for racism in our game,” said ECB chief executive Richard Gould, who was not in charge during the Rafiq scandal.
“No one should have to experience what Azeem Rafiq went through in cricket, and we once again thank him for his courage in speaking out.”
While, The CDC penalised six former Yorkshire players for racist language.
A month before, the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) found “widespread” racism, misogyny, and classism in English cricket.
Moreover, After the Rafiq racism scandal, the ICEC founded in 2021.
