- 12-point plan aims to increase diversity throughout game
- ECB chief Harrison says Rafiq testimony will accelerate change
Tom Harrison, the England & Wales Cricket Board chief executive, has described the racism scandal sparked by Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of systemic discrimination at Yorkshire as an “earthquake” that can change cricket for the better.
Speaking after the publication of the ECB’s 12-point action plan to address equality, inclusion and diversity in the sport, Harrison also insisted he was still the man to carry on leading English cricket through this crisis despite fierce criticism and pressure from MPs and Government following Rafiq’s moving testimony in Parliament earlier this month.
