Former cricketer Ismail Dawood also seeking damages ECB ‘absolutely committed’ to preventing discriminationThe former Test umpire John Holder is suing the
England and Wales
Cricket Board for alleged racial discrimination. Holder lodged his claim at the
London central office of the employment tribunal two days before
Christmas.
Holder is the most notable Black
British umpire in English cricket. The legal action against the ECB relates to his employment as a first‑class umpire between 1983 and 2009. Holder umpired in 11 Tests but was dropped from the ECB’s Test match list in 1991, a few weeks after he reported an incident of alleged ball-tampering by an England player in a Test against West Indies at the Oval.