Rashid says he also heard racist language used at YorkshireVaughan denies he said ‘too many of you lot’ to Asian playersMichael Vaughan is battling to save his reputation ahead of the evidence session in parliament on Tuesday where Azeem Rafiq will outline his experiences of
racism at Yorkshire and has English
Cricket braced for the names that could emerge.
The lead-up to Rafiq’s appearance in front of a digital, culture, media and sport select committee hearing suggests a potentially explosive day in store, with Vaughan on Monday once again denying he told four Asian-heritage teammates “there’s too many of you lot, we need to do something about it” before a Twenty20 match in 2009. This came in response to Yorkshire and England’s Adil Rashid becoming the second cricketer after Pakistan’s Rana Naved-ul-Hasan to corroborate Rafiq’s memories of the incident.