The disciplinary process into claims of racism at Yorkshire could be reduced to a showdown between Michael Vaughan versus Azeem Rafiq, amid suggestions another former player could withdraw.
Of the seven individuals charged by the ECB last June, Ashes winners Tim Bresnan and Matthew Hoggard pulled out on Friday, along with former Scotland international John Blain, citing grave concerns they would not get a fair trial.
That followed Andrew Gale’s refusal to engage in the Cricket Discipline Commission procedure from the outset.
It is understood that Rich Pyrah is also evaluating his position, leaving Ashes-winning captain Vaughan to attempt to clear his name, having strenuously denied making the ‘you lot’ comment to a group of Yorkshire‘s Asian players, as whistleblower Rafiq claims.
Although Gary Ballance remains in the process, his case is different as he has already admitted using the P word in exchanges with his former friend Rafiq and publicly apologised to him for any upset he had caused when the pair met face to face at the end of last summer.
Rafiq claimed Vaughan made a ‘you lot’ comment to a group of Yorkshire‘s Asian players
Gary Ballance remains in the process but has publicly apologised to his former team-mate
Ballance, 33, has since severed ties with Headingley, after a mutual agreement to rip up the final two years of his contract, and made his Test debut for his native Zimbabwe on Saturday versus West Indies four years after last appearing in an England squad....
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