The following week, Rafiq met a Holocaust survivor in an attempt to further educate himself. Rafiq also called on the ECB "to make tangible change". He was a partner at Mazars LLP, where he led the relationship with Yorkshire County Cricket Club for the 6 years that Mazars was the principal sponsor, a relationship that significantly increased the brand recognition of Mazars across the UK. Speaking to Sky Sports News days later, Rafiq shared further details: "At my worst, I was right on the edge, stood on my balcony. "Azeem Rafiq's bravery in speaking out against those who abused him needs to be a turning point - this is an opportunity to stand in solidarity with Azeem and run racism out of sport, once and for all.". He has recently been appointed as Corporate Finance Partner at Garbutt + Elliott, a leading Yorkshire based accountancy practice.Outside of the professional world, Rob has a genuine love of all things cricket. "In one of my first few games, we were going onto the field at Trent Bridge and there was me, Adil Rashid, Ajmal Shahzad and Rana Naved and one of the senior players said: 'there's too many of you lot, it's something we need to have a word about'. This is clearly unacceptable and an abuse of process.". The following week former Yorkshire captain Darren Gough is appointed as the club's managing director of cricket on an interim basis until the end of the 2022 season. He was born in Pakistan and moved to England when he was 10 years old. Anti-racism and anti-fascism campaign group Hope not Hate chief executive Nick Lowles said Rafiq's testimony was "heartbreaking" to watch. He added that Ballance used the name 'Kevin' as a "derogatory" term to refer to any player of colour and this was an "open secret", including within the England dressing room. His specific responsibility as a director of the Yorkshire Cricket Board is discipline and transfers. Hales would later deny the claim. He's apologised for causing offence by wearing black make-up at a party in 2009. Bresnan responded in a statement, stating: "I have been made aware of the bullying claims made against me and have listened to Azeem Rafiq's account of his time at Yorkshire CCC today with great distress, as I'm sure everyone will have done. A new anti-discrimination unit was announced, to be formed within six months, "to ensure that the ECB has the right resources and capabilities to help tackle discrimination". Displaying companies where the director has shareholdings or significant control. The case against Michael Vaughan was dismissed, though charges against Matthew . Lord Kamlesh Patel of Bradford is appointed his replacement and later apologises to Rafiq for the club's handling of the allegations. We understand there was no substantiated suggestion of racism against Tim, but he is devastated to learn of the impact of his comments.". The club admits Rafiq was a victim of racial harassment and bullying. Gary Ballance has signed a two-year contract to play domestic cricket in Zimbabwe and for the national team, a day after his departure from Yorkshire was confirmed. News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy tweeted that "there will barely be a brown-skinned person in Britain who hasn't felt that smarting, holding back the tears feeling, while being told it was just banter". Roger Hutton resigns as Yorkshire chairman, and Mark Arthur as chief executive, after Emerald Publishing, Anchor Butter, Yorkshire Tea and Harrogate Water withdraw their sponsorship of the club and the England and Wales Cricket Board suspends them from hosting international cricket. Alleged details of the report were published by ESPNcricinfo, including a senior player's admission that he had repeatedly used the word "P***" in reference to Rafiq, which was subsequently deemed to be "in the spirit of friendly banter". The claim that racist language had been found in the report and Yorkshire had opted not to take action resulted in a major backlash against the club. 5. Facebook; Twitter; Facebook Messenger; Pinterest; Email; print; Yorkshire's handling of the investigation into allegations of institutional racism by Azeem Rafiq will face further parliamentary scrutiny with the news that Roger Hutton, the club's chairman, is to be called before the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee.. Yorkshire announced last week that they would . Playing for the Ladies cricket team, watching her husband play club cricket and also playing an active part in her sons ongoing cricket journey from junior to Senior cricket has given her a rare insight into how difficult it is for women and girls to impact the mens senior and junior game. On the completion of the report, Yorkshire apologised to Rafiq for being the victim of 'inappropriate behaviour' but did not go into detail. "It was a long time ago. Yorkshire racism allegations: Timeline as public Cricket Discipline