Yorkshire racism hearing terrible look for cricket - Vaughan

Former England skipper Michael Vaughan is the lone idiosyncratic charged by the ECB to be the hearing

Former England skipper Michael Vaughan says the disciplinary proceeding into allegations of racism astatine Yorkshire is simply a "terrible look" for cricket.

Vaughan has "completely and categorically" denied the allegation - and did truthful again erstwhile giving grounds for the archetypal clip successful the proceeding connected Friday.

The 48-year-old was captious of the process and said helium met Rafiq successful November 2021 due to the fact that "the full concern was escalating retired of control".

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In the gathering Vaughan apologised to Rafiq for the wounded the erstwhile spinner had experienced astatine Yorkshire but did not judge helium made the alleged comment.

Rafiq said connected Thursday that Vaughan's consequent actions had near him feeling "naive".

"It's not been casual for anybody," said Vaughan, nether cross-examination by Jane Mulcahy KC - the lawyer for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

"This is not the close process to woody with word-against-word comments from 14 years ago.

"Ex-team-mates warring it retired implicit hearsay is simply a unspeakable look for the crippled and a truly atrocious look connected however cricket has dealt with this situation."

Vaughan makes 'Question of Sport' gag during hearing

Yorkshire has accepted 4 amended charges from the ECB, which besides includes the region accepting determination was a "systemic" usage of racist oregon discriminatory connection astatine the nine during Rafiq's career.

Former Yorkshire and England bowler Matthew Hoggard has admitted utilizing a racist slur relating to Pakistani practice and different racist word that is violative successful South Africa portion astatine the club.

Vaughan repeatedly denied having heard specified radical slurs portion astatine Yorkshire.

When asked to corroborate details astir however galore years helium had played alongside Hoggard for some Yorkshire and England, Vaughan joked: "It's similar Question of Sport, this."

The erstwhile batter, who started enactment arsenic a BBC pundit aft retiring successful 2009, said helium had a "very wide mind" astir the lucifer successful question against Nottinghamshire astatine Trent Bridge connected 22 June 2009.

He said that helium "knows" helium did not marque the alleged remark to Rafiq, Adil Rashid, Ajmal Shahzad and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan due to the fact that helium was "proud" of it being the archetypal clip 4 Asian players had been successful the aforesaid broadside for Yorkshire and it was a motion of however acold the region had come.

He agreed that the remark was unacceptable and racist but insisted helium did not accidental it, successful portion due to the fact that it would person affected the morale of his team-mates and perchance their performance.

Vaughan besides denied helium had said the alleged remark successful jest.

Mulcahy brought up humanities tweets sent by Vaughan, which were brought to his attraction successful his BBC interrogation successful November 2021, and the ex-England skipper apologised again for the "disgusting" messages.

Mulcahy suggested the "tweets are remarkably akin successful code to the allegation", which Vaughan denied.

The proceeding continues.