"Joe might not remember it but that shows just how normal it was - even a good man like him can't see it for what it is," he said. Aug 2018: Rafiq first complains about racism at Yorkshire, and the club holds a formal meeting to discuss his concerns. Rafiq said that the day after his son died, Moxon "ripped shreds" off him in a manner he had never seen Moxon use when addressing anyone else at the club. He told them he believes that he lost his career to racism, and that he would not want his son "anywhere near the game". With Ballance admitting the charges against him, and Yorkshire coming to an agreement with the ECB after admitting four charges of bringing the game into disrepute, Vaughan is the only party charged to remain involved in the process. Sept 2020: Rafiq speaks publicly for the first time about his experience of racism during his professional cricket career. Dec 2021: Yorkshires entire coaching team leaves the club. Sachin Tendulkar Narrates 'Missing Lunch' Story From The IND Vs PAK The case against Michael Vaughan was dismissed, though charges against Matthew . Azeem Rafiq's explosive allegations against Yorkshire cricket. Displaying companies where the director has shareholdings or significant control. Described in the January 2017 Cricketer magazine as a visionary, he has been the undoubted driving force behind the many significant developments in the NYSD over the last few decades. She has been heavily involved in turning Calder Grove CC around from being a club bordering on dissolution, to a club which is thriving on and off the field, with league successes as well as new cricket opportunities for women and children. June 2022: The ECB charges Yorkshire and seven individuals former England internationals Michael Vaughan, Tim Bresnan, Matthew Hoggard and Gary Ballance, the clubs former captain and head coach Andrew Gale, and coaches Pyrah and John Blain with bringing the game into disrepute, their cases to be heard by the bodys Cricket Discipline Commission. Headingley was scheduled to host a 2022 Test match against New Zealand and a one-day international against South Africa. There timing of the release of the report was described as "atrocious" by a spokesperson for Rafiq, with it coming on the same morning that England's fifth Test with India was called off just hours before play was due to start. Nearly two years since he was released by Yorkshire, he talks to Taha Hashim about leading World Cup winners, personal tragedy, the support of Adil Rashid and racism in county cricket. Rafiq said the scale of the problem is "scary" and there have been "denials, briefings, cover-ups, smearing". What is the Azeem Rafiq race scandal, and why it has gone - ThePrint A year later Yorkshire said it accepted that Rafiq was the "victim of racial harassment and bullying" and an independent panel upheld seven of the 43 allegations made by Rafiq.