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Azeem Rafiq and former Yorkshire coach Andrew Gale are among five players to have been reprimanded by the England & Wales Cricket Board for historical social media posts of a racist nature.
Rafiq had previously apologised for a Facebook exchange from 2011 containing anti-Semitic messages.
Gale was suspended by Yorkshire for a tweet from 2010.
England batter Danni Wyatt, Somerset’s Jack Brooks and Birmingham Phoenix’s Eve Jones have also been reprimanded.
All five admitted to their offences.
Allegations made by former Yorkshire spinner Rafiq, 31, sparked the racism scandal that has dogged English cricket for much of the past two years.
His Facebook messages came to light in November 2021, at which time he said he had “absolutely no excuses”.
Following the claims made by Rafiq, Gale was one of 16 people to have their employment terminated by Yorkshire in December.
He had been suspended for the tweet in question the previous month. At the time he said he was “completely unaware” of the…
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