Yorkshire County Cricket Club had been slapped with an enormous 48-point deduction within the English County Championship on Friday after admitting 4 expenses associated to the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal. The unbiased Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) additionally fined the membership £400,000 ($514,000), £300,000 of which is suspended for 2 years. The factors penalty sends Yorkshire to the underside of Division Two of the County Championship. Pakistan-born bowler Rafiq, 32, went public with allegations of racism and bullying in September 2020, associated to his two spells on the English county.

The Yorkshire board issued an announcement accepting the 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, and we accepted four amended charges as part of a continued commitment to ensure we are able to move forward.”

But 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.”

ECB chief govt Richard Gould, who was not in submit in the course of the Rafiq scandal, stated: “There can be no place for racism in our game, and the penalties announced by the Cricket Discipline Commission mark the end of a thorough disciplinary process.

“No one ought to should expertise what Azeem Rafiq went by in cricket, and we as soon as once more thank him for his braveness in talking out.”

Six former Yorkshire players were previously fined by the CDC after being found guilty of using racist language.

Separately, a damning report by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) last month revealed “widespread” racism, sexism and classism in English cricket.

The ICEC was established in 2021 following the racism scandal surrounding the treatment of Rafiq.

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