Azeem Rafiq: Yorkshire chairman Roger Hutton resigns — but says ECB failed to act over racism allegations - The Times

The Yorkshire chairman Roger Hutton has resigned this morning over the club’s disastrous handling of racism allegations made by former player Azeem Rafiq, but in a parting shot claimed that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had refused to help with the case.

Hutton, a Leeds-based lawyer who has been chairman of the county since last April, apologised “unreservedly” to Rafiq and said that he will co-operate with the the ECB’s investigations and appear at the DCMS select committee hearing on November 16.

This is the latest escalation in the crisis engulfing the club. Yesterday:

•Former England captain and BBC Test Match Special pundit Michael Vaughan, who played his entire county career at the club, denied allegations of racism made by Rafiq

• The

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