Former Yorkshire player hopes damning report brings closureReport’s chair Cindy Butts says: ‘The culture in cricket is rotten’
Azeem Rafiq has hailed the courage of those who had contributed to a new report laying bare the problems of discrimination facing cricket.
The long-awaited Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (Icec) report that was finally published on Tuesday found racism remains entrenched in the sport, that women routinely encounter sexism and misogyny and are treated as “subordinate” to men within cricket, and that little to no action has been taken to address the class barriers that exist.
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