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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Yorkshire whistleblower Azeem Rafiq has called for the lifting of the cricket club’s suspension from hosting England matches after they took steps to tackle a racism scandal. England chiefs in November stripped Yorkshire of the right to stage international games at their Headingley ground in Leeds in response to the county’s handling of the Rafiq case. The Pakistan-born former spinner accused the club of failing to deal adequately with racist abuse he suffered while playing for them and told a parliamentary inquiry that it had ended his career. There has since been a mass clear-out at the club…