David Lloyd has aimed his first public dig at former employers Sky following his bitter break-up with the broadcaster.
The much-loved pundit left his 22-year role last December after being accused by Yorkshire whistleblower Azeem Rafiq of being a 'closet racist'.
At the time, 'Bumble' announced his departure himself, saying it was time to 'move on to the next chapter', without mentioning the outcome of Sky's probe into his private messages about Rafiq.
But after keeping his counsel for seven months, the former England player and coach tweeted on Saturday: 'When a random, anonymous, inconsequential person who has never met you passes judgement on you, it impacts massively on your life and you certainly find out who your friends are #imstillstanding.'
While Lloyd was cryptic in his tweet, The Mail on Sunday understands he was referring to a Sky employee who was involved in the probe into his conduct.
The 75-year-old was dragged into cricket's racism scandal last November after Rafiq's appearance in front of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee.
Former Yorkshire spinner Rafiq claimed Lloyd attempted to 'smear' him in messages to a media colleague. Rafiq told MPs: 'There were high-profile media people messaging other members of the media who supported me saying stuff like, 'The clubhouses are the lifeblood of a club and Asian players don't go in there' and 'Getting subs out of Asian players is like getting blood out of stone'.
'And then this guy is talking...
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