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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been accused by two former umpires of "institutionalised racism", in the latest allegations to surface in the sport. John Holder, who officiated in Test and one-day international matches, said it looked "more than suspicious" he had not received a reply from the ECB when offering to be a mentor. Ismail Dawood, meanwhile, said he had heard racist language used in front of senior ECB staff, which went unchallenged. The pair have asked for an independent investigation from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) "to challenge organisations like the ECB". Former wicketkeeper Dawood, who played county cricket for Worcestershire, Glamorgan and Yorkshire before becoming an umpire, said he had "absolutely no trust or confidence in the ECB" and the organisation is a "complete mess". The last black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) umpire to be added to the ECB's first-class list was Vanburn Holder 28 years ago. There have been none since his retirement in 2010. An ECB spokesperson told BBC Sport: "Today's group of professional umpires don't reflect the diverse ECB we are determined to be. "We want to see more BAME representation among our officials, and recognise we still have a long way to go as a game to achieve this." BBC Sport understands a person who used discriminatory language in front of senior managers was suspended, but cleared of wrongdoing. Dawood, who stood on the ECB reserve list and umpired first-class matches, said: "If that sort of language was used elsewhere, people would lose their jobs. "I have absolutely no trust or confidence in the ECB. All the way down to the grassroots it is a complete mess and that is why we need it to be investigated. Do I want to be part of an organisation that is a complete mess? No. "In one performance review, I was told: 'Fine judgements must be made about who best fits in.' "The complaints we have made shows the institutionalised, structured racism as well as discrimination, cronyism, bullying and dishonesty that has been part of our lives being involved in the ECB." Holder, meanwhile, says he raised the issue but had not received a response to his email. Asked if he believes there is institutionalised racism at the ECB, he said: "I have no reason to doubt that there is. "Several non-white umpires have made enquiries about going on the first-class umpires panel, or becoming a mentor or liaison officer, and none have progressed." Their allegations come following Azeem Rafiq's claim of "institutional racism" at his former club Yorkshire, who have opened an inquiry. And, earlier this year, former England batsman Michael Carberry said he does not "expect anything" from the ECB in fighting racism, which he says is "rife" in the sport. Dawood said: "There are systematic blockages which have been put in place by the ECB and will be kept in place if they are not thoroughly investigated. "We are having minimal representation of BAME cricket players, coaches, umpire/officials, CEOs. The list goes on. This is from the grassroots level upwards. The barriers that Asian or black people have is far greater than non-BAME people. "Some of the stories coming out this year have been harrowing. People are not coming out and talking and making things up, so we want the Equality and Human Rights Commission to look into sport as a whole but cricket is our sport. "We implore the EHRC to look into the structures of the ECB and put them under investigation. They need to challenge organisations like the ECB to act, we don't want words, we have had lots of words, we want action." State of this first world, leader of the universe country full of ****
I think the whole of sport needs to be looked at. Sadly as was my concerns all along, sport governing bodies are hiding behind many a mask imho, whether that be taking the knee or kicking racism out, it's logos or gestures that are not dealing with the root cause of the problem, and that is the governing bodies themselves. I don't follow cricket, but without any hindsight, I bet I could come to a pretty good guess at its makeup. White middle aged men, you can normal sniff it a mile off. Anyway that's all subjective on my part, but with football, you only have to go and look at a body such as UEFA, they claim diversity, and me, I just laugh, they wouldn't know what diversity was if it smacked them full on in the face, and FIFA are as honest as Trump.
Trying to log on with my other device...logged out last night Trying to sign in but saying I’m putting the wrong password in(I’m not I’ve had it for 10years) then asking me to complete a verification Image...like a jigsaw thing but it’s ****ed and frozen and not reacting ffs maaan
I dont know my password, last time I locked myself out for bout 8months, had to make a sock and ask brb to reset my password on this account.
If you need any help, just drop me a PM. As for the antics, I was being a tit, I don't hide from my behaviour, if it's a fair and reasonable challenge, I'm man enough to accept it.
We're all tits mate with the expetion of a few A'cups most of us are double Ds Fair play tho that's lovely to see
See lads, told you he wasn’t a ****. You can send that exploding dogshit parcel back to Amazon now yeah.
