Former England captain Michael Vaughan denies racial slurs while captaining Yorkshire said NS BBC On Saturday he apologized to his former teammate Azim Rafiq if he was “responsible for any of his injuries”.
shook English cricket Revelations of Racism Pakistan born Rafiq.
he gave sad testimony to MPs this month, in which he said his career had been ended by the racist abuse he received during the head of the English county of Yorkshire.
These include an allegation that Vaughan told the now 30-year-old Rafik and other Yorkshire players of Asian descent that “there were too many of you guys, we need to do something about it” during a county match in 2009. .
Then Yorkshire fast bowler Rana Navedul Hasan, a former Pakistan international and current Yorkshire and England leg-spinner Adil Rashid supported Version of the events of Rafiq.
The fourth player in the group – bowler Ajmal Shahzad – is said NS daily mail She had no recollection of the incident and “the seniors were really nice to me”.
von – that’s done dropped by BBC He was adamant – to his broadcast team for the upcoming Ashes series in Australia – that he never uttered these words, saying, “No, I didn’t. No.”
Vaughan – who played his entire home career at Yorkshire from 1993 to 2009 – was a distraught for Rafiq.
“It hurts so much, it hurts that a player has been treated so badly at the club that I love him,” Vaughan said.
“I have to take some responsibility for this because I played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club for 18 years and I apologize if in any way shape or form I am responsible for any of their injuries.”
‘We all make mistakes’
Vaughan – who captained England in Tests between 2003 and 2008 – said he was proud to have played for the Asian players’ club.
“I remember it clearly that I was proud as a punter that we had four Asian players representing Yorkshire County Cricket Club,” he said.
“Nothing more than a proud, senior, old supporter who is just about to retire and is absolutely delighted that Yorkshire had come so far in my time at the club.”
Vaughan said the claims have been going on for so long that it was impossible to verify one account or the other.
“I think we have to move on from allegations of negotiations many years ago,” he said.
“Here’s a bigger picture.”
Two tweets have surfaced in recent weeks that have caused trouble for Vaughn as well.
In 2010 he tweeted, “Not many English people live in London… I need to learn a new language” and in 2017, after the Manchester Arena bombing, he answered “yes” to a question that Should England all-rounder Moeen Ali ask? If Muslims are terrorists.
He said that he was a different person now.
“I deeply apologize to anyone who offended me with those tweets,” Vaughan said.
“Time has moved on and I regret those tweets.
“We all make mistakes and in my life I’ve made some mistakes on Twitter, I’m sorry for that.”
Vaughan was defended by former England spinner Monty Panesar.
Panesar, the first Sikh to represent England, played international cricket under Vaughan and insisted that he knew no prejudice from his former captain.
“I’ve experienced only positive things with him,” he said on Friday.
“I cannot reconcile anyone I know who has been the subject of these allegations.”