At the end of a bruising disciplinary process undertaken to address charges of discriminatory language and behaviour at Yorkshire, the chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board, Richard Thompson, expressed his hope for peace.
“There now needs to be a time of reconciliation where, as a game, we can collectively learn and heal the wounds and ensure that nothing like this can ever happen again,” said Thompson, upon confirmation that Matthew Hoggard, Tim Bresnan, John Blain, Andrew Gale and Richard Pyrah had been found to have brought the game into disrepute, with the case against Michael Vaughan not upheld.
