{"id":155331,"date":"2021-11-04T20:37:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T21:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=155331"},"modified":"2021-11-05T03:59:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T03:59:10","slug":"ashes-test-in-doubt-as-iconic-venue-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=155331","title":{"rendered":"Ashes Test in doubt as iconic venue banned"},"content":{"rendered":"

English cricket<\/a> club Yorkshire has been suspended from hosting international matches as punishment for its handling of a racism case that has shaken the sport.<\/p>\n

The England and Wales Cricket Board slammed the club for its "wholly unacceptable" response to the racism faced by former player Azeem Rafiq.<\/p>\n

A number of Yorkshire's sponsors have deserted the beleaguered club, and the ECB said the case "is causing serious damage to the reputation of the game."<\/p>\n

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"The ECB find this matter abhorrent and against the spirit of cricket and its values," the governing body said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Yorkshire's Headingley Stadium is scheduled to host England's test against New Zealand and a men's one-day international against South Africa in 2022, as well as an Ashes test<\/a> against Australia in 2023.<\/p>\n

But the ECB said the club is "suspended from hosting international or major matches until it has clearly demonstrated that it can meet the standards expected of an international venue."<\/p>\n

\"Headingley<\/p>\n

Yorkshire said last month that it would not take any disciplinary action against any of its employees, players or executives despite a report that found that Rafiq \u2014 one of its former captains \u2014 was the victim of racial harassment and bullying.<\/p>\n

Rafiq, a former England under-19 captain, said in interviews last year that as a Muslim he was made to feel like an "outsider" during his time at Yorkshire from 2008-18 and that he was close to taking his own life.<\/p>\n

A formal independent investigation was commissioned by Yorkshire into more than 40 allegations made by Rafiq, with seven of them upheld in a report released last month.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, former England cricketer Gary Ballance admitted using a racial slur<\/a> against Rafiq when they were teammates at Yorkshire, but said that "this was a situation where best friends said offensive things to each other which, outside of that context, would be considered wholly inappropriate."<\/p>\n

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