Former Yorkshire bowler Azeem Rafiq admitted he had mixed emotions following the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket’s damning report into discrimination in English cricket. The ICEC published a report stating that ‘structural and institutional’ racism, sexism and class-based discrimination still remains in the game after a two-year investigation. Rafiq revealed in 2020 he had suffered racist abuse during his career. He revealed he now felt ‘a little bit of sadness [and] a little bit of anger’ that he and others had to go through the experiences they did and that he had to face backlash from speaking out when the data was there ‘in numbers’. Rafiq also added that it was upsetting not to ‘have heard a single thing’ from his fellow players in light of the report’s findings.
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