the ecb has banned headingley from hosting england matches, but hutton said the governing body should have done more to support the investigation. i heard a statement last night from the ecb that they repeatedly offered to help me and yorkshire county cricket club through this investigation. that couldn t be further from the truth. yorkshire batsman gary ballance had admitted repeatedly using a racial slur towards rafiq about his pakistani heritage, but a panel regarded it as friendly banter and no action has been taken against any member of staff, sparking outrage. do you accept that conclusion that they reached? that it was friendly banter? is that how you would deem that expression, that phrase, towards a colleague? no, if you are using that language, it is completely unacceptable. so why was there no action taken? because you have not seen the context of the whole of the report and the club had legal advice that actually, that was not something that you could take disciplinary
resisted change after a report found rafiq had suffered racial harassment. there was a failure by many within the club to accept its findings or understand them or recognise them and since then that has been incredibly frustrating. the ecb has banned headingley from hosting england matches, but hutton said the governing body should have done more to support the investigation. i heard a statement last night from the ecb that they repeatedly offered to help me and yorkshire county cricket club through this investigation. that couldn t be further from the truth. yorkshire batsman gary ballance had admitted repeatedly using a racial slur towards rafiq about his pakistani heritage, but a panel regarded it as friendly banter and no action has been taken against any member of staff, sparking outrage. do you accept that conclusion that they reached? that it was friendly banter? is that how you would deem that expression, that phrase, towards a colleague? no, if you are using that language, i
cricket club do this investigation. that could not be further from the truth. yorkshire batsman gary ballance had admitted repeatedly using a racial slur towards rafiq about his pakistani heritage, but a panel regarded it as friendly banter and no action has been taken against any member of staff, sparking outrage. do you accept that conclusion that they reached? that it was friendly banter? is that how you would deem that expression, that phrase, towards a colleague? if you are using that language, it is completely unacceptable. so why was there not action taken? because you have not seen the context of the whole of the report and the club had legal advice that actually that was not something that you could take disciplinary action in relation to. is ballance the only current member of staff that there has been an allegation upheld against? no. former england captain michael vaughan, meanwhile, has become the second player to reveal he is named in the report, rafiq alleging that he ha
what i have seen is a culture that is locked in the past. amid more resignations at headingley today, hutton blamed senior management, who he said resisted change after a report found rafiq had suffered racial harassment. there was a failure by many within the club to accept its findings, understand them or recognise them. and since then, that has been incredibly frustrating. the ecb has banned headingley from hosting england matches, but hutton said the governing body should have done more to support the investigation. i heard a statement last night from the ecb, that they repeatedly offered to help me and yorkshire county cricket club through this investigation. that couldn t be further from the truth. yorkshire batsman gary ballance had admitted repeatedly using a racial slur towards rafiq about his pakistani heritage, but a panel regarded it as friendly banter , and no action has been taken against any member of staff, sparking outrage. do you accept that conclusion that they reac
through this investigation. that could not be further from the truth. yorkshire batsmen gary ballance had admitted repeatedly using a racial slur towards rafiq about his pakistani heritage, but a panel regarded it as friendly banter, and no action has been taken against any member of staff, sparking outrage. do you accept that conclusion that they reached, that it was friendly banter? is that how you would deem that expression, that phrase, towards a colleague? h0. that expression, that phrase, towards a colleague?- that expression, that phrase, towards a colleague? no, if you use that language. towards a colleague? no, if you use that language. it towards a colleague? no, if you use that language, it was towards a colleague? no, if you use that language, it was completely i that language, it was completely unacceptable. 50 that language, it was completely unacceptable. unacceptable. so why no action? because you unacceptable. so why no action? because you haven t unacceptab