Azeem Rafiq calls for Headingley to host international matches

Yorkshire whistleblower Azeem Rafiq has called for the club’s suspension from hosting England matches to be lifted.

Rafiq’s wide-ranging allegations of institutional racism at the county rocked the sport last year, forcing the issue of discrimination into the spotlight and bringing his own story to national attention

when he was summoned to give evidence in front of MPs.

There has since been a mass clearout at Headingley, with wholesale departures in the boardroom and coaching staff while a new chair, Lord Kamlesh Patel, has become the face of a new regime.

As well as overseeing a...

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