(Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) lifted an international match ban on Yorkshire County Cricket Club on Friday topic to additional necessities, within the wake of a racism scandal involving former participant Azeem Rafiq.
Yorkshire have been barred from hosting any international video games after Rafiq, a participant of Pakistani descent, alleged final yr that he was a sufferer of institutional racism on the membership.
The explosive allegations led to a lot of resignations at Yorkshire CCC, with Kamlesh Patel taking up as chairman from Roger Hutton.
“The ECB lifted the suspension on Yorkshire hosting international and main cricket matches at Headingley. The determination follows a rigorous overview of progress made towards a number of standards set out in November 2021 to sort out racism on the membership,” the governing physique mentioned in a press release.
The ECB added that Yorkshire should “resolve points regarding guidelines modifications and choices on the membership which have been topic to procedural flaws”, together with “amendments to membership guidelines regarding the appointment and operation of the Board”.
Headingley is because of host a take a look at towards New Zealand in June in addition to a one-day international towards South Africa in July.
“We have labored evening and day to result in tangible change at Yorkshire, and the elimination of the sanctions has validated and reignited our drive for optimistic progress,” added Patel.
(Reporting by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
