Former Pakistan bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has confirmed that he heard Michael Vaughan making racially insensitive comments to a group of Asian players at Yorks
You think this is why other kids, other asian ethnic minority groups shy away from playing sports, and they can t excel in such a sport because they are not being welcomed, or they had comments made towards them and if feel like they are being harassed and bullied. so it s such a shame that we have come across such an incident, and it has taken so long. and i believe, i still believe that there is going to be positive coming out of this. i m going to say well done to azeem for standing up and raising his voice. are you saying in your time as a county player, you also encountered behaviour that you would regard was racist or at least disrespectful of your race? i would say. it made things difficult for me because i came from an asian background. i did not have anything directly said to me, but you can feel it in the atmosphere. you can feel that, ok, i m not going to always fit in because i am probably not taking part in the activities where i am
From the board. this feels like momentum is building, rather than theissue momentum is building, rather than the issue going away or in any sense having been dealt with. how does it seem to you? i having been dealt with. how does it seem to you? seem to you? i think you are right there. seem to you? i think you are right there- when seem to you? i think you are right there. when azeem seem to you? i think you are right there. when azeem rafiq - seem to you? i think you are right there. when azeem rafiq made . seem to you? i think you are right. there. when azeem rafiq made his allegations last year, initially there was that uproar that led to that. but there s been times where the story has gone completely quiet. now it has got to the point where there is no going back. there needs to be changed. the frank truth is, once sponsors pull out, once the money men go away, that is when people are forced to act. that is the truth, really, here. now we are going to see change, i think. on
At yorkshire county cricket club, a trailblazer for the game he loved. he was yorkshire s golden boy, adored by fans of the game and a beacon of inspiration for young south asian boys and girls across yorkshire. but, in september last year, that bubble burst as azeem detailed the racial abuse he had encountered at the club. playing professional cricket for yorkshire should be the best time of your life. unfortunately for me, it wasn t. now the racist comments reportedly dismissed as friendly banter will be investigated by mps. in a statement, the dcms says, we are extremely concerned about recent reports about the lack of action against individuals following the findings. it is clear that yorkshire county cricket club has questions to answer. we want to see much greater transparency from yorkshire county cricket club. it is time for them to answer their critics.. taj butt was an employee