I particularly like how new racist Barry Gallance is very prominently BORN IN ZIMBABWE in all the reporting.
I particularly like how new racist Barry Gallance is very prominently BORN IN ZIMBABWE in all the reporting.
It's key to the story because the whole Yorkshire spiel is that by calling him a 'Zimbo', Azeem was just as bad.
It really is beyond a parody of how racist, bacony types deal with this sort of thing that their main line here is "You know who the real racist is? The brown fella."
What amuses me is that people are surprised by this? If you didn't know that Yorkshire County Cricket Club is institutionally racist then you've been living under a rock all your life. All this stuff about Azeem Rafiq is disgusting but definitely not surprising.
ECB ban Yorkshire from hosting England matches. How much does that actually hurt them?
And what else is within the ECB's power to punish them with? Just fines, etc.?
I must say, I didn't expect that. Seems like quite a step to take - I'd imagine takings from a 5 day England Test dwarf anything else they do all season long.
Not to worry lads, Michael Vaughan has finally weighed in.
What is going on? Why is this happening? Is this even happening? Am I in a fever dream of some kind?I never heard racist abuse, but Yorkshire was a hard dressing room. As a second team player we had to knock on the dressing room door before entering. If you had a big nose, bald or carried a bit of weight they would be commented on.
I was the first non-Yorkshire born player to play for the county and that was commented on a lot. I am not comparing those examples with racism, but...
Sachin played for us () before Vaughan, so I would continue to ignore anything he says.
Hopefully everyone involved in this nonsense cover us is gone. Absolute shambles.
Can't remember if it was Liew's article or another I read but somebody wrote that when Tendulkar played he was Yorkshire's first ethnic minority player and that was some time after everybody else had managed that particular first. And even then ex players such as Ttueman didn't see the point in it.
Very progressive.
Vaughan remains, of course, a twat.
I think Sachin was the first overseas player. This is in the 90's. Shows the backwards mentality at the club even then. I think thats 60+ years behind some teams.
Vaughan being a racist is in a lot of ways hilarious. How long till the BBC throw him under the bus? I'm surprised The Telegraph have allowed him to use his column to refute the accusations. Especially with what he has said in it.
Even if he means first non-overseas, non-Yorkshire born cricketer to play for Yorkshire, I'm reasonably sure Richard Stemp debuted before him and he's from Birmingham.Originally Posted by Danny
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Hopefully everyone involved in this nonsense cover us is gone. Absolute shambles.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...eepens-cricket
The finger-pointing going on is superb.“I would like to take this opportunity to apologise unreservedly to Azeem,” Hutton said. “I am sorry that we could not persuade executive members of the board to recognise the gravity of the situation and show care and contrition.
“There has been a constant unwillingness from the executive members of the board and senior management at the club to apologise and to accept [there was] racism and to look forward.
“During my time as chairman, I take responsibility for failing to persuade them to take appropriate and timely action. This frustration has been shared by all of the non-executive members of the board, some of whom have also now resigned.”
The atmosphere in Yarkshuh HQ must be phenomenal right now.
So either way he is full of shit. I am sure we are all stunned by that revelation.
On cricinfo
Yorkshire chairman Roger Hutton resigns in racism probe fallout, bemoans ECB 'reluctance to act' earlier
Lord Kamlesh Patel is the likely interim replacement, though former Yorkshire and ECB chairman Colin Graves is keen on another stint
I see that going down well
https://news.sky.com/story/michael-v...-says-12461033
"Michael Vaughan to miss radio show amid racism allegations, BBC says"
@Luke Emia, about 9 hours.
If Aus don't chase down this West Indian target, we should 100% throw our game later.
Going to need some serious boffinry to work out the exact way to lose and not be eliminated, if that is indeed possible.
Apparently they need to win by 61-90 runs or something like that (a bigger defeat would put us under threat). Perfectly doable if Captain Morgan knows what he's doing.
Well the bowlers have done their bit, now it's over to the batsmen. Jason Roy showing good intent by trying to break his neck against the hoardings in a pointless dive towards the end there.
Could be on for something here, although we're probably as likely to somehow get ourselves eliminated as we are to conspire Australia out of things. If we just go run a ball for 120-0 does that put us through top and Australia out? Would be seriously funny.
I think we'd need to be 70 odd all out to get knocked out. Around there somewhere.
86, there you go. 87-130 is the target number.
Jason Roy.
'...and Bairstow reviews immediately!' exclaims Michael Atherton, shortly before the triple rouge salute.
In fairness to Bairstow, it looked like it was going down leg all day long.
Looks like we might actually be doing this. Do they need to bowl us out of just keep us under 132?
They need to keep us to 131, wickets don't matter in NRR. Can't see it unless we really self-immolate. Mo doesn't do intrepid conspiracies.
Livingstone really is one of the cleanest hitters I’ve ever seen. Brutal.
That six that went 112m is one of the biggest hits I've ever seen.
Did Bairsy do a Bairsy? Be my eyes, lads.
Shame about Roy getting injured. Think we'd have walked that chase if he'd remained fit. And yes, Livingstone is mental. I still go back and watch that six he put over the Headingley roof now and again.
'Sorry mate just a bit of banter'
James Pattinson BANNED as Cricket Australia hands out huge fine for ‘dangerous’ act
https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/p...ev7N1hqjffUR1E
https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/p...ev7N1hqjffUR1E
He should get another couple of games for the hair.
You'd be a big fan of Melbourne then.
Jeez, if I used the banhammer every time that happened in a league game I was standing in, I'd have to quit my job and become a full time writer of disciplinary reports.
It is ugly though.
Men's cricket has a wee bit of an image problem down here to be fair.
Cant be doing that for the media to see.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59231560
First point: Causing a pile-on is, generally speaking, not really cool.
However: have Yorkshire briefed any of their staff about how to behave while all this is going on? Commis policies, all that wank? It feels like they're shooting themselves in the foot at every possible opportunity at the moment.
The whole place is obviously in defence mode. I don't really know how most counties operate as I only know Surrey who are light years ahead of the others in most respects (except cricket), but I can't imagine there is a massive amount of resource or knowledge dedicated to that sort of thing.
We've been sent in here and Billings in for Roy (Bairstow to open). Hmm.
What sort of target do we reckon we need here?
Even still, it surprises me that in 2021 an organisation like this can get it so wrong. But I suppose that probably just shows how deep it runs.
Think this should suffice.
Livingstone hits a hard old ball, doesn't he?
Woakesy storming past Raducaunu for sports personality of the year.
He could take 18 more wickets in the tournament and hit a hundred in the final and he'd still have no chance.
Azeem Rafiq would be more likely.
I think I was being tangen cheek, as they say in Willington.
This is a massive choke. Jordan's 17th was an absolute mess.
It was 60 off 27 and now 6 off 9, so that's, what, 54 off 18? Top bombing chaps.
Massive choke.
It was the Jordan over that did it, served up ball after ball of slot dreck mixed in with some comedy wides. Easy sixes for Neesham. Really frustrating to watch.
I see our ability to chuck away a seemingly unassailable position in this format continues.
Watch New Zealand fold like a pack of cards against Australia in the final now.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59250609
I know he'll average 78 against England but those stats look bang average.
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