Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
I’d put money on there being a full on parliamentary type report ordered to look into racism in cricket as a whole. The stories will come flooding out soon enough.
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Wow. This testimony from Azeem is powerful stuff. Names being named and there will be rats scurrying up drainpipes as I type.
GB72
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It really is. About the only person who has not been hit is Root and even then it was implied that he has turned a blind eye to what was going on. Guessing a few comentators and pundits will be cancelling their tickets for Australia this Winter.
This really is shocking and to now hear that it is going on at Leicestershire where my 17 year old Nephew plays is hugely shocking.
Scoobiesnax
Assistant Pro
Not good, not good at all. Time for Essex to take some action rather than just releasing statements too
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics...e_chambers_recalls_racism_county_cricket.html
I was on the Essex staff for 2 seasons around the time of these allegations; before Maurice though (he was starting to break through), and casting my mind back I can honestly say I never seen/heard any of this in and around the 1XI.
GB72
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Had not realised that others had been invited to appear before the committee and had declined to do so
ColchesterFC
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Rafiq has now had to apologise for anti-Semitic messages that he sent 10 years ago.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59338118
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59338118
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Oh dear. Not squeaky clean himself, either. Can’t say I’m that surprised.
What does surprise me is that he didn’t air this himself first - he must have known that the press and media would have been going over his social media with a fine tooth comb. I don’t doubt they’ve known about this for some time.
Grizzly
Well-known member
He was never squeaky clean - there was always the John Abrahams issue and his poor disciplinary record in the Yorkshire league in the background. But as we discussed a week or so ago, two wrongs don't make a right.
Quite agree. What they make is a sordid mess.
4LEX
Well-known member
His comments on Jews are real deep-seated racism, you don't grow out of those.
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
You couldn’t make it up.
Can’t have it both ways. It’s shameful on both sides.
Can’t have it both ways. It’s shameful on both sides.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
So where does it all go from here..?
What a mess
What a mess
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Going to get worse
Rafiq made a lot of accusations and brought a lot of players staff etc into it
There are going to get more come out of the woodwork and more counter stuff about Rafiq
Expecting more of the same from Rafiq to come out of the woodwork in the next few weeks. It will certainly damage his case vs Yorkshire and may save the likes of Vaughan who will argue that he was equally as guilty. Let he who casts the first stone and all that. Going to get messy
Grizzly
Well-known member
And just when you thought the world couldn't possibly get any screwier...
Tim Paine quits as Australia captain after sending explicit messages to female co-worker
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...explicit-messages-to-female-co-worker-1290071
Tim Paine quits as Australia captain after sending explicit messages to female co-worker
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...explicit-messages-to-female-co-worker-1290071
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Another year, another Australian captain blubbing at a presser!
Let's face it, Tim Paine was punching above his weight cricketing wise.
Junior
Tour Winner
Another year, another Australian captain blubbing at a presser!
Let's face it, Tim Paine was punching above his weight cricketing wise.
Weird it's all come out now given it was 4 years ago and investigated by CA at the time.
He won't get the gloves for the Ashes. Carey or Wade will.
Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
From the article;
A subsequent statement by Cricket Tasmania said the allegations had only been brought to their attention when theft charges were laid against the employee in mid-2018 and that no complaint had been made at the time of the messages in November 2017.
"As soon as Cricket Tasmania was made aware, it undertook an investigation that determined the interaction was consensual, private, occurred on the one occasion only, was between mature adults and was not repeated," Cricket Tasmania chairman Andrew Gaggin said.
"Cricket Tasmania clearly does not condone this type of behaviour and addressed the matter directly with Tim Paine. However, because of the consensual nature of the actions it was determined that no further action was required or appropriate."
It could be a good time to be a sword manufacturer, because if these are the standards on which people are going to be judged now, there's going to be an awful lot of swords needed for people to fall onto, and I probably need to get one before the price goes up....
Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
There appears to be a photograph doing the rounds which I will not post, of Rafiq wearing a green shirt. There is a well known Irish bookmaker that uses a logo in green; the first word of that logo (a generic term for someone of Irish heritage) has been replaced with a similar & apparently unacceptable term for someone of Pakistani heritage.
I say apparently unacceptable, because, assuming the photo hasn't been doctored, I'm struggling to see how that can be on a shirt worn by someone who complains about the use of the same word. Help me out here...
I say apparently unacceptable, because, assuming the photo hasn't been doctored, I'm struggling to see how that can be on a shirt worn by someone who complains about the use of the same word. Help me out here...
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It’s the old “owning the word” reason or should I say excuse.
The same reason they give for Spurs using the Y word
