Cricket-Essex to investigate historical racism allegations by ex-player Chambers


  • Cricket
  • Tuesday, 16 Nov 2021

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Essex CCC Photocall 2006 - The Ford County Ground - 6/4/06 Maurice Chambers - Essex County Cricket Club Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Andrew Couldridge

(Reuters) - English county club Essex pledged on Monday to investigate fresh allegations of historical racism made by their former Jamaican-born fast bowler Maurice Chambers.

Chambers, who played for Essex between 2005 and 2013, told The Cricketer that he was so upset by the racist bullying he faced at the county that he would go home and cry after matches.

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