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Evening Standard
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Malik Ouzia

ECB lacked 'backbone' for not calling out Lord Botham's criticism of ICEC report

The England & Wales Cricket Board has been accused of lacking “moral backbone” over its failure to call out Ian Botham’s rejection of last year’s damning discrimination report.

In a scathing assessment published in June, the Independent Commission on Equity in Cricket found “racism, class-based discrimination, elitism and sexism” to be “widespread and deep rooted” within the sport.

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