The dismissal of the charges of racism against former England captain Michael Vaughan has brought a partial end to one of the most divisive crises the game has ever faced.
But Vaughan has taken the ECB and the process involving the Cricket Discipline Commission to task over the way it has pitted former teammates against each other with a huge toll taken on the individuals and their families.
For Vaughan personally it is a verdict drenched in relief and satisfaction that he has not been found, on the balance of probabilities, to have uttered the alleged phrase ‘there’s too many of you lot’ in reference to four Asian teammates at Yorkshire in 2009.
