Cricket Scotland 's board has resigned a day earlier than a report into institutional racism was resulting from be printed.
Administrators handed of their resignation with fast impact this morning, the BBC studies. In a letter despatched to the interim chief govt, board members stated they'd not seen the contents of the overview.
It's anticipated to disclose findings of institutional racism within the Scottish sport. It comes after allegations had been made from racism and discrimination within the subject, with some put ahead by all-time main wicket-taker Majid Hag.
The batsman and an off spin bowler represented on Scotland on greater than 200 events however did not return to the sport after being despatched house from the 2015 World Cup pitch. He hinted that he felt victimised on grounds of race.
Hag's former team-mate, Qasim Sheikh, additionally stepped ahead to say he had suffered racist abuse throughout his time within the group.
The probe was funded by SportScotland final 12 months and is because of be printed tomorrow, Monday, July 25. Aamer Anwar, the lawyer representing the 2 gamers, informed Sky the report may show “devastating” for Cricket Scotland.
Yesterday, the sporting physique stated it was 'actually sorry' to anybody who has been racially abused whereas taking part in the sport.
A Cricket Scotland spokesperson stated: "The governing physique has but to see the report and was unwilling to invest on the contents – however did provide an apology to anybody who has suffered from racism throughout the sport.
“Cricket must be a welcoming place for everybody and never someplace that racism or any type of discrimination takes place. The Cricket Scotland Board is actually sorry to everybody who has skilled racism in cricket in Scotland,” a spokesperson for Cricket Scotland stated.
“We want to sincerely thank everybody who has been concerned in contributing to the overview, nevertheless the Board shouldn't be able to touch upon the unbiased overview’s report as we is not going to see it till it's printed publicly on Monday.”
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