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Matthew Cooper

Azeem Rafiq says Gary Ballance has not apologised as Yorkshire back under-fire batter

Azeem Rafiq has revealed that Gary Ballance has not apologised to him for using a racial slur during their time as teammates at Yorkshire.

Ballance has admitted to calling Rafiq a "p***", releasing a lengthy statement in November where he said he 'deeply regrets some of the language I used in my younger years'.

However, he said the use of slur was 'between friends', insisted 'no malice was intended' by it and claimed it was simply 'a situation where best friends said offensive things to each other'.

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