- Rafiq says that no one in leadership stamped racism out
- Azeem Rafiq gives evidence to MPs – as it happened
Azeem Rafiq broke down in tears in front of MPs as he laid bare the racism, bullying and “inhuman” treatment he faced at Yorkshire cricket, which even extended to a senior club official “ripping the shreds” off him just after he was told his baby had no heartbeat.
Over nearly two hours of devastating and raw testimony to the digital, culture, media and sport select committee, Rafiq delivered a damning verdict on the culture of English cricket. He agreed that it was “institutionally racist” and said it needed to face up to an institutional racism problem “up and down the country”, with players of Pakistani heritage still being called the P-word and British Asian representation in cricket dropping by 40% since 2010.