Six former Yorkshire players set to be sanctioned for using racist language
The case primarily stemmed from allegations made by former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq, and the club’s handling of the claims.
The case primarily stemmed from allegations made by former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq, and the club’s handling of the claims.
Gary Ballance admitted a charge ahead of a liability hearing in March.
The county accepted four amended charges of bringing the game into disrepute.
The director of the China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Shen Hongbing, said research is ‘always shared’.
The move is to secure the services of England’s best players amid the threat of franchise cricket.
The pair met 18 months ago before charges were brought by the ECB.
Former team-mates John Blain, Tim Bresnan, Andrew Gale, Matthew Hoggard and Richard Pyrah were all found guilty of using the term ‘P***’.
A charge that Vaughan referred to a group of Asian players as “you lot” was found not proven.
Former team-mates John Blain, Tim Bresnan, Andrew Gale, Matthew Hoggard and Richard Pyrah were all found guilty of using the term “P***”.
Former captain Michael Vaughan was cleared of a charge of using racist language.
A Cricket Discipline Commission panel found ‘significant inconsistencies’ in how key witnesses recalled an alleged remark made in 2009.
The former England captain was alleged to have used the term “you lot” towards a group of four Yorkshire players of Asian ethnicity.
Decisions in the case are set to be announced at 10.30am.
Decisions on liability in the cases of Vaughan and five other individuals are expected to be published on Friday.
Samples were collected from surfaces at the Huanan seafood market in early 2020 in Wuhan, where the first human cases of Covid-19 were found.