Yorkshire CCC: England captain Joe Root calls for positive action at Headingley in wake of Azeem Rafiq affair

By Staff Reporter
Published 11th Nov 2021, 10:15 BST
England Test captain Joe Root. Picture: Adam Davy/PAEngland Test captain Joe Root. Picture: Adam Davy/PA
England Test captain Joe Root. Picture: Adam Davy/PA
ENGLAND captain Joe Root has called for “change and actions” from Yorkshire in response to the racism crisis engulfing his county, claiming the issue has “fractured our game and torn lives apart”.

Root, who is currently in Australia leading the Test side’s Ashes preparations, issued a statement on the matter following weeks of escalating pressure at the club he has represented since childhood.

A former team-mate, Azeem Rafiq, was found by an independent report to have been subject to racial harassment and bullying and subsequent allegations have emerged from others setting in motion additional investigations.

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