of counties. notjust organising the matches, but looking inside the clubs themselves. matches, but looking inside the clubs themselves. yeah i think that mi . ht clubs themselves. yeah i think that miaht be a clubs themselves. yeah i think that might be a concern clubs themselves. yeah i think that might be a concern from clubs themselves. yeah i think that might be a concern from some - might be a concern from some counties but i think counties for a number of years felt as if they haven t been well supported enough by the ecb because some counties don t generate as much revenue from international matches for on examples. they will be hoping that the £25 million that the ecb have pledged, that filters down to a number of counties and that the money is spent accordingly and change will be facilitated because reading comments on social media, people say that a lot of the steps have been positive that the ecb have announced. putting your money where your mouth is means hopefully so
the chairman of yorkshire cricket club, roger hutton, has resigned over the club s response to the racism experienced by one of its former players, azeem rafiq. it comes after an investigation found mr rafiq was a victim of racial harassment and bullying after which the club said they would take no disciplinary action. mr hutton who had been under mounting pressure to step down apologised unreservedly to 30 year old rafiq. he said the club should have recognised at the time the serious allegations of racism . he also accused the club of a culture that refuses to accept change or challenge . he was also highly critical of the england and wales cricket board, claiming the governing body declined to help . the ecb have issued a statement responding to that. it said that yorkshire ccc did reach out to us at the beginning of the investigation with a request that we partner with them
after which the club said they would take no disciplinary action. mr hutton who had been under mounting pressure to step down apologised unreservedly to 30 year old rafiq. he said the club should have recognised at the time the serious allegations of racism . he also accused the club of a culture that refuses to accept change or challenge . he was also highly critical of the england and wales cricket board, claiming the governing body declined to help . the ecb have issued a statement responding to that saying. they want him to say that. they went on to say that.
medical team for helping him detect the illness when he was on international duty last week. parker says they ll be giving him all the time and support he needs. the main focus now is supporting brooks and supporting his family and getting him through, which is going to be a tough time, which that is the main planet, now, that is exactly what we are going to do, team mates, staff, all of us as a football club, we will rally around, get support mechanisms around him, to give him the strength and help him pull through, which will be difficult, like i say. the ecb have confirmed cricket s county championship will return to two divisions from next season following a vote by the chairs of the 18 first class counties. 10 counties will compete in division one. 8 in division two, two up, two down promotion and relegation. the teams will be placed into the division that they had qualified to compete in had the 2020 county championship taken place.