Azeem Rafiq has revealed he "might have no choice" but to leave his hometown of Barnsley after speaking out about the racism he experienced during his time at Yorkshire.
Rafiq, who was born in the Pakistan, moved to Barnsley as a child and has made the town his home.
However, after blowing the whistle on the racist abuse he was subjected to at Yorkshire, Rafiq has received numerous threats to his safety.
Rafiq and his family run a fish and chip shop in the town and it was reported last year that a thug threatened to blow up the shop - with the disturbing incident reported to the police.
As a result of the threats against him, Rafiq has said his family want him to sell the shop and move away from Barnsley.
"I don’t feel I can walk into my own shop and feel safe," he told the Times. "I love Barnsley. I am a mix of Karachi and Barnsley — born there but I have spent more of my life here.
"I’ve had support but it hurts to be in a position where I am thinking of leaving because I have spoken about things that have happened to me and people can’t take it. Uncomfortable truths."
He added: "It only takes one idiot. My family are worried. I leave the house and I worry about them. They want me to leave and I might have no choice. I am hoping it does not have to get to that because I haven’t done anything wrong.
"Some days I feel broken to my bones but I just think back to how lonely I felt and how I got let down by so many people.
"How can I turn my back now? If I stop, everyone looks the other way. Unless the game is embarrassed or hit in the wallet it doesn’t listen properly.
"This conversation will not be comfortable for a very long time. Not for cricket and not for me, but I won’t back down."
