FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Third Test - England v India - Headingley, Leeds, Britain - August 27, 2021 General view during the match Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) -The chairman of Yorkshire County Cricket Club resigned on Friday, accusing the club's executives of failing to accept and learn from racism allegations raised by former player Azeem Rafiq over a year ago.
Rafiq, who is of Pakistani descent and is a former captain of the England Under-19s, said in September 2020 that he had received racist abuse and was made to feel like an outsider at Yorkshire and that he had even contemplated suicide.
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