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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sport
Matthew Cooper

Cricket Scotland governance branded "institutionally racist" as damning review published

An independent review has found Scottish cricket to be "institutionally racist" and recommended that Cricket Scotland be placed in special measures.

The review was commissioned by government agency SportScotland last year after Scotland's all-time leading wicket-taker Majid Haq spoke out about suffering racist abuse during his career, with former teammate Qasim Sheikh also coming forward.

And the review has found 448 examples of institutional racism within the sport, with Cricket Scotland failing 29 of the 31 indicators equality and diversity experts Plan4Sport used to measure the issue.

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