Yorkshire return to action after stormy off-season with players keen to repair reputational damage
Since their last County Championship game, Yorkshire cricket had been torn apart. Revelations over the winter months had showed the club to be “institutionally racist,” in the…
Yorkshire on verge of agreeing reforms to end Headingley’s England exile and threat of going bust
Yorkshire are set to ratify reforms aimed at avoiding a repeat of their racism scandal – finally freeing Headingley to stage England matches. Ahead of one of the most…
Headingley will be allowed to host Test matches again after Yorkshire members vote through reforms
Lord Mann, who serves as an adviser to the Government on anti-Semitism, was among members to welcome the changes. “It’s a total vindication of what Lord Patel…
Yorkshire on verge of agreeing reforms to end Headingley’s England exile and threat of going bust
Yorkshire are set to ratify reforms aimed at avoiding a repeat of their racism scandal – finally freeing Headingley to stage England matches. Ahead of one of the most…
Yorkshire Cricket taken to court over staff sackings following Azeem Rafiq claims
Yorkshire Cricket Club will this week be served papers by four former employees ahead of a series of legal disputes which could cost the county millions and…
Yorkshire’s civil war revealed: Lord Patel accused of reducing cricket club to an ‘ECB franchise’
An extraordinary general meeting had been due to take place two weeks ago but was postponed after Smith had pointed out a failure by the previous leadership…
Azeem Rafiq to help PCA draw up anti-racism guidelines for cricketers
Azeem Rafiq will help draw up anti-racism guidelines for dressing rooms after joining forces with the cricket union he described as “incredibly inept”. In the latest parliamentary…
Meet the fresh blood tasked with revitalising English Test cricket
It is time a new regime took over. The last one placed its eggs in one basket, expecting James Anderson and Stuart Broad to carry England through…
England matches closer to returning to Headingley after first members’ forum since racism shame
Barry O’Brien, the interim chair of the ECB, was said to be present at Saturday’s meeting and listening to Patel’s efforts to gain support from the membership…
Ottis Gibson named Yorkshire head coach with Younis Khan and Allan Donald expected to join new coaching line-up
Ottis Gibson, the former England fast bowling coach, has been confirmed as Yorkshire’s new head coach, with Younis Khan and Allan Donald expected to be offered deals…
Yorkshire eye Younis Khan and Allan Donald for new coaching line-up alongside Ottis Gibson
Last week the cross-party group warned the ECB it could face a limit on the public funding it receives. Patel will also join the hearing, alongside the…
Ottis Gibson in line to become Yorkshire head coach
Ottis Gibson, the former England fast bowling coach, is expected to be offered the Yorkshire head coach job as part of the club’s overhaul after the Azeem…
Ryan Sidebottom apologises after saying Yorkshire should ‘forget’ Azeem Rafiq racism scandal
Sidebottom later posted an apology on Twitter, saying: “I’m truly sorry for any offence caused earlier by my words on @skysportsnews @SkyCricket. “We should never forget, we…
Ryan Sidebottom apologises after saying Yorkshire need to ‘forget’ Azeem Rafiq racism scandal
Sidebottom later posted an apology on Twitter, saying: “I’m truly sorry for any offence caused earlier by my words on @skysportsnews @SkyCricket. “We should never forget, we…
Ray Illingworth’s last interview: ‘We faced biased Aussie umpires and spent six months away from home – and still won the Ashes’
This interview with the late Ray Illingworth, his last with a British newspaper, was first published on November 30 2021. On Christmas Day, Yorkshire announced Illingworth’s death…
New director of cricket Darren Gough eager to know why Yorkshire sacked ‘friends’ in coaching team
Darren Gough was on Monday night seeking answers about why Yorkshire sacked their entire coaching team – including some of his “friends” – after admitting it would…
Yorkshire ready to appoint former England fast bowler Darren Gough as director of cricket
Yorkshire are on the brink of appointing Darren Gough as their new director of cricket. The former England fast bowler, who spent 15 years at the club…
Sacked staff claim Yorkshire coaching cull is ‘about money over morals’
Yorkshire are facing claims within the club that the decision to sack the entire coaching staff over the Azeem Rafiq case was based on “money rather than…
Yorkshire players threaten to quit after mass sacking of coaching staff caught up in racism scandal
Yorkshire face a player revolt – and a bitter legal battle – over a cull of their entire coaching team in the wake of the racism scandal…
Joe Root reaffirms that he does not recall witnessing any racism at Yorkshire
Root admitted that England’s preparations for the Ashes, which begin in Brisbane on December 8, have been disrupted by the weather in Brisbane. England’s opening warm-up match…
The persecution of Michael Vaughan by the virtue-signalling mob is an outrage that demeans us all
Lord Macaulay’s apt but hackneyed observation that “we know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodic fits of morality” hardly suffices…
Ray Illingworth interview: ‘We faced biased Aussie umpires and spent six months away from home – and still won the Ashes’
The voice is a little softer and frailer but there is no doubt who is on the other end of the phone. It is like going back…
What now for the game of cricket after racism scandal that touched every player in the country?
The players Azeem Rafiq’s revelations have reverberated from the top to the absolute grassroots of the English game, but nowhere have the tremors been felt more powerfully…
Azeem Rafiq facing ECB probe over anti-Semitic messages
Azeem Rafiq is facing an investigation by the England & Wales Cricket Board over the exchange of messages with another cricketer in which he used anti-Semitic slurs….