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THE England and Wales Cricket Board has recommended fines totalling £37,000 for the players charged in the Yorkshire racism scandal.

LONDON: Six former cricket players in the UK are set to be sanctioned today following a hearing that confirmed their use of racist language against Pakistani teammates, The Independent reported. The ex-Yorkshire cricketers — John Blain, Tim Bresnan, Andrew Gale, Matthew Hoggard, Richard Pyrah and Gary Ballance — used the term “Paki” to refer to teammate Azeem Rafiq as well as

The England and Wales Cricket Board recommend fines and bans for former Yorkshire players found to have used racist language.

The England and Wales Cricket Board has recommended a number of bans and fines for six former cricketers, including Gary Ballance.

Recommended £7500 fines for both the former england star matthew hoggard and the former yorkshire player and coach andrew gayle. £5,000 fines for englands former player tim bresnan and yorkshires former all rounder john blain and a £4,000 fine for anotherformer yorkshire player, richard pira. the ecb also said today that they wanted all six individuals to go on an educational course and to be reprimanded. staying with cricket — pakistan successfully defended a 287—run total as they beat n...

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Vaughan had allegedly used racist language towards a group of Asian-origin players ahead of a match for Yorkshire in 2009.

Azeem Rafiq says he feels "vindicated" and has "closure" after a hearing into his allegations of racism at Yorkshire delivered its verdict.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has been cleared by the Cricket Discipline Committee (CDC) of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) over the alleged use of racist language towards a group of Asian-origin players ahead of a match for ...

Michael Vaughan is cleared "on balance of probabilities" of using racist language towards former Yorkshire team-mate Azeem Rafiq.