ECB want cricket to be ‘most inclusive’ sport

RICHARD Thompson, the chairman of the ECB, believes cricket should strive to become the “the most inclusive sport in England and Wales”. The national governing body published steps it is taking in order to meet recommendations made by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) report in June following the much-publicised Azeem Rafiq racism scandal. The report highlighted institutional racism, sexism and class-based discrimination across cricket in England and Wales, precipitating an array of planned changes across the game. The ICEC report made 44 recom...

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