Yorkshire cricket racism hearing: Tim Bresnan 'used racial slur' towards Azeem Rafiq's sister

Azeem Rafiq and Tim Bresnan were team-mates astatine Yorkshire betwixt 2008-2014 and 2016-18

Former England bowler Tim Bresnan utilized a radical slur towards Azeem Rafiq's sister, a proceeding into allegations of racism astatine Yorkshire has been told.

Bresnan, 38, denies the allegation.

The assertion was portion of the grounds heard connected the archetypal time of the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) proceeding into alleged racism astatine Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

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Rafiq said erstwhile Yorkshire team-mates Bresnan and Gary Ballance utilized the operation successful notation to his sister's Pakistani practice erstwhile they saw her astatine the media time portion she was connected enactment acquisition with the county.

Ballance has antecedently admitted utilizing the term. He has admitted liability successful effect to his complaint and volition not participate.

The allegation formed portion of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) lawsuit against Bresnan, who has been charged with bringing the crippled into disrepute.

The ECB's lawyer Jane Mulcahy, speaking astatine the International Arbitration Centre successful London, said Rafiq besides alleged Bresnan utilized the radical slur towards oregon astir Asian women helium recovered charismatic from astir 2014 onwards.

Rafiq besides claimed Bresnan utilized the operation to notation to an Asian pistillate who walked past them successful a barroom astatine a squad edifice successful Birmingham successful July 2018.

Bresnan, who played 23 Tests and 85 one-day internationals for England, said helium had ne'er and would ne'er usage these terms.

In his archetypal effect to the ECB and an interrogation with the governing body, Bresnan denied helium had ever met Amna Rafiq. Later, helium admitted helium had seen her from afar erstwhile she was moving astatine Leicester.

Bresnan besides denied ever being unsocial successful a barroom with Rafiq.

What is happening successful the hearing?

It has been much than 2 and a fractional years since erstwhile Yorkshire spinner Rafiq archetypal made claims of racism astatine the county, aboriginal calling English cricket "institutionally racist".

The proceeding concludes connected 9 March and the archetypal time of proceedings, on with the pursuing 3 days, are being held successful public. The remainder volition beryllium conducted successful private.

A three-person sheet volition perceive disciplinary proceedings brought against Yorkshire and 7 individuals who were each charged by the ECB with bringing the crippled into disrepute.

The sheet comprises CDC chair, lawyer and erstwhile Derbyshire batsman Tim O'Gorman, Mark Milliken-Smith KC - a lawyer with specializer cognition of sports instrumentality - and Dr Seema Patel, a elder instrumentality lecturer astatine Nottingham Trent University.

Former Yorkshire and England skipper Michael Vaughan is acceptable to beryllium the lone charged idiosyncratic to look successful idiosyncratic pursuing a fig of withdrawals from the disciplinary process.

Other ex-Yorkshire players Bresnan, Matthew Hoggard, John Blain, Andrew Gale and Richard Pyrah person each withdrawn, portion Ballance has admitted liability successful effect to his complaint and volition not participate.

Yorkshire volition besides not be aft the nine pleaded blameworthy to 4 ECB amended charges.