Azeem Rafiq is set to leave the UK following the Yorkshire Cricket Club racism scandal. The spin bowler showed great bravery and courage to make his allegations against the club known to the world.
The claims were met with plenty of support from fans but there were also those who chastised him for going up against a longstanding establishment. Almost a year ago he gave evidence to a parliamentary committee, in which he said his experiences had left him feeling suicidal.
Rafiq, 31, born in Pakistan before immigrating to the UK aged 10, will now head for pastures new for his family's protection. "Twenty-one years ago, my dad picked us up and moved us because his business partner had been kidnapped and burnt,” he said. “Twenty-one years on, deja vu and I'm having to pick my family up and leave for safety reasons. That breaks me."
