Cricket Scotland chairman quits after row over tackling racism

The president of Cricket Scotland has stepped down, conscionable 5 months aft taking up the relation and promising to cleanable up the sport's occupation with racism.

BBC Scotland understands Anjan Luthra has decided to discontinue pursuing a enactment astir however overmuch advancement is being made.

A study past twelvemonth recovered the enactment and governance of Scottish cricket to beryllium institutionally racist.

That led to a fig of changes including the enactment of a caller anti-racism moving radical - but 4 members past resigned aft Mr Luthra said "significant progress" was being made successful tackling racism.

Anti-racism organisation Running retired Racism said his assertion was code deaf and "unsubstantiated nonsense".

Cricket Scotland said Mr Luthra had resigned arsenic seat with contiguous effect.

It said successful a statement: "The organisation acknowledgment Anjan for his hard enactment and input during his clip arsenic chair. Cricket Scotland volition marque nary further remark astatine this stage."

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