Cricketer Azeem Rafiq has been forced to flee abroad after blowing the whistle on racism gripping the sport, he revealed today.
Thirteen months after he gave heartbreaking evidence to MPs probing vile abuse in English cricket, Rafiq told how he had moved overseas and had “24/7 security” with three bodyguards provided by the sport’s domestic governing body.
He also recalled how a man holding toilet roll was seen defecating in Rafiq’s garden amid a backlash against his allegations about racism he suffered when he was at Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
