An independent report has upheld several allegations of racism at Essex CCC. Jahid Ahmed, one of the former Essex players to make the allegations, speaks to Tawhid Qureshi.
“I’ve been vindicated and what I said has been respected. It brings back old memories, it’s not easy to speak about it but I have to fight on. I want to make sure that no one has to go through the same thing again.”
Jahid Ahmed, the 37-year-old former fast bowler, has been waiting a long time for Essex’s, and by extension English cricket’s, day of reckoning. Following last week’s publication of an independent report, led by Katherine Newton KC, which upheld most of the historic allegations of racism during his time at the club, Ahmed feels there’s still lots of unanswered questions.
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His sense of vindication is tempered by the fact that the complete findings of the report have been withheld. In addition, a key allegation claiming that Ahmed’s release from Essex was motivated by discrimination, was not upheld.
“I’m not happy about not yet seeing the full report, I’m not sure what the situation is with that,” he says. “I’ve got my lawyer on the case, trying to find out what the reasons are and if there’s any way we can get hold of it. I wasn’t happy to know that (one allegation wasn’t upheld) but I would like to find out how they reached that conclusion.”
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