{"id":70973,"date":"2023-03-05T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T03:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=70973"},"modified":"2023-03-05T02:38:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T21:38:48","slug":"vaughan-denies-racist-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/vaughan-denies-racist-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaughan denies racist comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON 04 Mar (Online): Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan told a hearing into accusations of racism at Yorkshire on Friday it was \u201cinconceivable\u201d that he would make the comment attributed to him by former team-mate Azeem Rafiq.<\/p>\n<p>Vaughan and a number of other former players at the county cricket club face charges related to the use of racially discriminatory language.<\/p>\n<p>Rafiq alleged Vaughan told him and three other Yorkshire players of Asian origin \u201cthere\u2019s too many of you lot, we need to do something about it\u201d, before a 2009 T20 match between Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>England and Wales Cricket Board lawyer Jane Mulcahy asked Vaughan at the ongoing Cricket Discipline Commission hearing in London whether the words \u201cthere\u2019s too many of you lot\u201d were \u201ctotally unacceptable\u201d as well as \u201cracist and discriminatory\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely,\u201d said Vaughan, 48, who in his witness statement said: \u201cI consider it to be inconceivable that I would use the words contained in the allegation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During cross-examination on Friday, Vaughan insisted: \u201cI have a very clear mind about, back in 2009 that I know I didn\u2019t say the words I\u2019ve been alleged to have said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got three or four Asian players in the [Yorkshire] team at the same time, I couldn\u2019t have been more proud.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON 04 Mar (Online): Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan told a hearing into accusations of racism at Yorkshire on Friday it was \u201cinconceivable\u201d that he would make the comment attributed to him by former team-mate Azeem Rafiq. 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