A second former cricketer has reportedly come forward to reveal they also suffered racial abuse whilst playing for County Championship side Yorkshire.
According to the Daily Mail, another former cricketer of 'Asian heritage' from the White Rose county also suffered racial discrimination during their time at the club during the early 2000’s.
The damning report comes in the midst of the cricket club’s horrendous handling of the Azeem Rafiq affair, and following this Yorkshire chairman Roger Hutton has resigned as of this morning.
Hutton said in an explosive statement: "I would like to take this opportunity to apologise unreservedly to Azeem."
He later added: "It with great sadness to leave a club I was immensely proud to serve and have loved since watching my first game from the old County Stand at the age of seven."
Following claims from Rafiq, England cricketer and former teammate of the off-spinner Gary Ballance came forward to admit he called the 30-year-old a ‘p***’ during their playing time together.
As a result the England and Wales Cricket Board suspended Ballance 'indefinitely’ from selection, whilst also suspending Yorkshire from hosting international and major matches following their poor handling.
However it seems the issue is far from done for the disgraced county following the Daily Mail’s claim of another former squad member coming forward.
The player in question reportedly told the Mail they would not like to be named as "he does not want his family to know what he endured."
The ex-player revealed he did not receive the same opportunities as white cricketers during his time at the club, whilst also admitting that despite telling the county of the abuse, it was never looked into despite giving him their word.
The former star also went on to claim that the racism problem within the cricket club is well known within the Asian community, telling the Mail: "Everyone in the Asian cricketing community has known Yorkshire County Cricket Club is racist, yet somehow they have been able to cunningly continue with their agenda."
"There are many Asian cricketers like myself who have had their careers ruined, but have moved on and taken the treatment on the chin. I salute them all, as it can’t have been easy."
Further horrific evidence from the player’s torrid time in Yorkshire colours continued, as he added that he received 'numerous racist comments' and also admitted: "I had a player p*** on my head."
He continued: "I experienced racism from fellow players both direct and indirect. Believe it or not, I had a player p*** on my head from the hotel bedroom above, as I was on the phone leaning out of my room window.
"Let alone the numerous racist comments both blatant and sly. The coach at the time said ignore it and that he would deal with it. They never did."
The harrowing evidence did not stop there, as the ex-cricketer confirmed that the players sharing the abuse in question were in fact a group he once looked up to.
He went on to tell a story of a group of senior players - who are still involved at the club - boasted they had 'sh*gged a bird' who was on her period, and then went on to use a 'muslim player’s prayer mat to clean it up'.
The Mail noted that they had sent over the claims from the unnamed ex-player to Yorkshire, to which the county replied: "This behaviour would be completely unacceptable to the club. It goes without saying we will investigate thoroughly."
Former England Test captain Michael Vaughan also had his name brought into the investigation, after Rafiq included the 47-year-old in his report that he had said to himself and two other Asian players: "There are too many of you lot, we need to do something about it."
Vaughan took to his Telegraph column on Thursday to unreservedly deny the comments, however Yorkshire player Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has reportedly told ESPN CricInfo that he heard the Englishman make the racial remarks.
