Former umpires sue ECB over alleged racial discrimination

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been sued by former umpires John Holder and Ismail Dawood for alleged racial discrimination throughout their time within the board’s employment, a report stated.
The duo had accused the ECB of insitutional racism and demanded an unbiased inquiry into the shortage of match officers from ethnic minority teams within the nation final month.
“Holder lodged his claim at the London central office of the employment tribunal two days before Christmas,” in response to a report in ‘The Guardian’.
A former Hampshire cricketer, Holder has officiated in 11 Tests and 19 ODIs in a profession spanning nearly three many years.
“The authorized motion towards the ECB pertains to his employment as a first-class umpire between 1983 and 2009.
“Holder was dropped from the ECB’s Test match list in 1991, a few weeks after he reported an incident of alleged ball-tampering by an England player in a Test against West Indies at the Oval,” the report stated.
Holder and former U-19 cricketer Dawood “are seeking compensation and a recommendation on the ECB’s future conduct under s.123 (3) (b) of the 2010 Equality Act.”
Dawood, who has performed for Northamptonshire, Worcestershire, Glamorgan and Yorkshire however may by no means make umpiring a profession after failing to win promotion to the panel following the top of his enjoying profession in 2005, stated that there have been “systematic failings.”
“I was told I was going to get promoted one year in an appraisal, it was verbal. It didn’t transpire,” Dawood advised ‘Sky Sports News’.
“On six completely different events I used to be outmoded by way of getting promotion. My stories and statistical knowledge by numerous completely different individuals who do the stories have been all of a sound method and I wasn’t given the alternatives to realize promotion, which in fact I felt aggrieved about.
“I still don’t know why my career was cut short. We believe there has been systematic failings within, a type of bullying, harassment and cronyism which I was involved with in terms of the umpiring fraternity, was terrible,” he added.
An ECB spokesperson, in response stated: “We will not be conscious of the element of this declare from John Holder and are due to this fact unable to remark upon it. The ECB is completely dedicated to making sure there isn’t any place for discrimination, of any type, in our sport.
“As with all areas of our sport, we would like our match officers to signify and mirror everybody who helps and performs cricket.
“…we have been arranging to meet with John Holder and others to listen to their experiences so as to better inform our future approach to recruiting and developing umpires and match officials.”