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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Simon Burnton

The Yorkshire racism scandal: how did we get here and what’s next?

Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The England and Wales Cricket Board last year charged seven individuals, then unnamed, and Yorkshire Cricket Club with bringing the game into disrepute. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

What’s going on?

Last June, after a “thorough and complex investigation”, the England and Wales Cricket Board charged seven individuals, then unnamed, and Yorkshire Cricket Club with bringing the game into disrepute regarding allegations of historic racism. The individuals were later identified as Gary Ballance, John Blain, Tim Bresnan, Andrew Gale, Matthew Hoggard, Richard Pyrah and Michael Vaughan, all former players and coaches at Yorkshire. Their cases were to be heard by the ECB’s Cricket Discipline Commission and now a date has been set: the hearings will run from 1 to 9 March.

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