After Rashid lends help to Rafiq, Vaughan once more denies making racist feedback

Former England participant Michael Vaughan ‘categorically’ denied making racist feedback to former Yorkshire team-mate Azeem Rafiq, allegations which had been supported by Adil Rashid on Monday.
On Monday, Adil Rashid, the England leg-spinner, corroborated the accusations levelled towards Michael Vaughan by Azeem Rafiq and stated that the previous England and Yorkshire captain counted the variety of Asian gamers earlier than a match.
In an announcement, Vaughan stated, “I categorically deny saying the words attributed to me by Azeem Rafiq and want to restate this publicly because the “you lot” remark merely by no means occurred.”
“It is extremely upsetting that this completely false accusation has been made against me by a former teammate, apparently supported by two other players. For some time, Ajmal Shahzad has been on record as saying that he never heard me say what has been suggested. I have been in contact with the six other players from that team and not one of them has any recollection of the remark being made,” the assertion additional learn.
A screengrab of Michael Vaughan’s assertion denying the allegations.
Earlier this week, allegations of Vaughan making racist feedback in direction of Rafiq and different gamers prior to now surfaced. Vaughan, who represented the county from 1991 till his retirement in 2009, allegedly advised a gaggle of Asian gamers, together with Rafiq, “There are too many of you lot; we need to do something about it.”
The alleged incident occurred when Yorkshire had been taking the sector throughout a match towards Nottinghamshire in 2009, Rafiq’s maiden season as knowledgeable.
In an announcement to The Cricketer, Rashid stated that the “cancer” of racism must be “stamped out”.
In a column for ‘Daily Telegraph’ earlier this month, Vaughan had admitted that he was the previous participant implicated within the investigation into Rafiq’s allegations of institutional racism at Yorkshire however “completely and categorically” denied the costs and vowed to “fight” to clear his identify.
“I completely and categorically deny that I ever said those words. I have nothing to hide. The ‘you lot’ comment never happened,” the 2005 Ashes successful captain wrote within the column.
“Anyone trying to recollect words said 10 years ago will be fallible but I am adamant those words were not used. If Rafiq believes something was said at the time to upset him then that is what he believes.”