Azeem Rafiq contemplating leaving England after abuse and intimidation following Yorkshire racism revelations

Azeem Rafiq, whose allegations of racism in Yorkshire led to a collection of critiques into the tradition of the game, is leaving England to guard his household from abuse and intimidation.

London,UPDATED: Oct 14, 2022 16:14 IST

Azeem Rafiq contemplating leaving England after abuse following racism revelations (Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq is contemplating transferring out of England to guard his household from dealing with hate assaults following his revelations within the racism row that led to an enormous shake-up in English cricket.

“From the moment I spoke out about my experiences at YCCC, my family and I have been subjected to threats, attacks and intimidation,” Rafiq wrote on Twitter. Absolutely no particular person or their household must be made to really feel unsafe and I urge individuals to respect that,” Rafiq wrote in a tweet earlier this 12 months.

Notably, Rafiq opened up about an “institutionally racist culture” at Yorkshire in 2020, together with by former England gamers.

The cricketer, whose household moved to the UK from Pakistan after a enterprise companion of his father was murdered following a bungled kidnapping try, is being subjected to abuse and threats, reported ‘Cricketer.com’.

“Rafiq has received a series of threats both online and in person in recent times and in one case, captured by CCTV earlier this month, an individual was seen defecating in the garden of the home where his parents live. In another, a masked intruder was seen prowling around the outside of the property,” the report stated.

Rafiq’s father suffers from a medical situation and desires an oxygen cylinder on a regular basis.Rafiq and 4 others have been not too long ago reprimanded by the England Cricket Discipline Commission to be used of “anti-Semitic language” on social media in 2011.

Accepting the reprimand, Rafiq apologised to the Jewish neighborhood and stated he was embarrassed.Rafiq was the whistleblower within the Yorkshire racism scandal — he first spoke about it in September 2020.

He then gave his testimony to a gaggle of MPs and stated he was “close to taking his own life” for the “toxic” dressing room ambiance when Gary Ballance was appointed skipper throughout his second spell on the membership.