The Board of Cricket Scotland has resigned with immediate effect following allegations of institutional racism.
The directors sent a letter of resignation to the interim chief executive officer on Sunday morning amid reports that an independent review, set to be published on Monday, is expected to support allegations of significant and widespread racism within the Scottish game.
A spokesperson for Cricket Scotland said: “Cricket Scotland will work in partnership with Sportscotland with immediate effect to ensure appropriate governance, leadership and support is in place for the organisation and the sport in the days ahead, and these arrangements will be reviewed after the publication of the report into racism in cricket in Scotland and updates given accordingly.”
It comes after Scotland’s all-time leading wicket-taker Majid Haq and batsman Qasim Sheikh both said they were subjected to racism.
A month later, the organisation Plan4Sport – which focuses on issues surrounding equality – was asked by SportScotland to conduct a review, speaking to hundreds of people about institutional racism.
On Saturday, it emerged that the review supported the claims that there is racism within Scottish cricket.
In the letter sent to chief executive Gordan Arthur, the 14-member board wrote that they are “all truly sorry” for everyone who experienced racism, adding they must step down to “enable the required progress to be made in the coming months”.
This comes after a racism scandal within Yorkshire County Cricket as the club was charged by cricket’s governing body following claims of racism.
Former Yorkshire all-rounder Azeem Rafiq, who played for the county between 2008 and 2018, alleged the club failed to act against “openly racist” abuse and bullying he was subjected to.
Allegedly the reason they resigned is that they saw a preview of the corrective actions required and didn’t think they could be delivered within the timescales demanded.
Today I learned there’s a Scottish Cricket Board. That must be a quiet gig.
Corrupt all the way to the core. Much like the NHS I don’t think they can recover from this. At least they don’t have the murder record of the NHS though
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The Board of Cricket Scotland has resigned with immediate effect following allegations of institutional racism.
The directors sent a letter of resignation to the interim chief executive officer on Sunday morning amid reports that an independent review, set to be published on Monday, is expected to support allegations of significant and widespread racism within the Scottish game.
A spokesperson for Cricket Scotland said: “Cricket Scotland will work in partnership with Sportscotland with immediate effect to ensure appropriate governance, leadership and support is in place for the organisation and the sport in the days ahead, and these arrangements will be reviewed after the publication of the report into racism in cricket in Scotland and updates given accordingly.”
It comes after Scotland’s all-time leading wicket-taker Majid Haq and batsman Qasim Sheikh both said they were subjected to racism.
A month later, the organisation Plan4Sport – which focuses on issues surrounding equality – was asked by SportScotland to conduct a review, speaking to hundreds of people about institutional racism.
On Saturday, it emerged that the review supported the claims that there is racism within Scottish cricket.
In the letter sent to chief executive Gordan Arthur, the 14-member board wrote that they are “all truly sorry” for everyone who experienced racism, adding they must step down to “enable the required progress to be made in the coming months”.
This comes after a racism scandal within Yorkshire County Cricket as the club was charged by cricket’s governing body following claims of racism.
Former Yorkshire all-rounder Azeem Rafiq, who played for the county between 2008 and 2018, alleged the club failed to act against “openly racist” abuse and bullying he was subjected to.
Allegedly the reason they resigned is that they saw a preview of the corrective actions required and didn’t think they could be delivered within the timescales demanded.
Today I learned there’s a Scottish Cricket Board. That must be a quiet gig.
Corrupt all the way to the core. Much like the NHS I don’t think they can recover from this. At least they don’t have the murder record of the NHS though