Adil Rashid says he was by no means pressured by Azeem Rafiq into supporting allegations that Michael Vaughan made racist feedback throughout their time at Yorkshire.
Day two of the general public Cricket Discipline Commission in London obtained underneath manner on Thursday with the case of former England captain Vaughan.
Vaughan has been charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board as a result of allegations he mentioned “there’s too many of you lot” throughout a T20 match for Yorkshire in 2009 in the direction of teammates Rafiq, Rashid, Ajmal Shahzad and Rana Naved ul-Hasan.
England bowler Rashid dialled into the disciplinary listening to from Bangladesh, the place he’s concerned within the ongoing ODI collection, on a video hyperlink.
He was cross-examined by Vaughan’s lawyer Christopher Stoner KC, who repeatedly requested the spinner about whether or not he had been pressured into supporting Rafiq’s claims.
Rashid, throughout greater than an hour in entrance of the CDC panel, insisted: “No, no. Like I said before I wasn’t pressured by Azeem.”
Rashid first supported Rafiq’s claims about Vaughan’s alleged remark throughout an article with the Cricketer on November 15 with journalist George Dobell.
Asked if Dobell had pressured him, Rashid mentioned, “No, I was not pressured.”
Vaughan is certainly one of seven people charged by the ECB however is the one one anticipated to attend the CDC listening to. He has denied the allegations.
During Rashid’s cross-examination, the England spinner was quizzed over the precise wording allegedly utilized by Vaughan over whether or not it was “there’s too many of you lot, we need to have a word about that” or “there’s too many of you lot, we need to do something about that”, the Yorkshire participant was adamant over what he had heard.
“I have a very clear recollection actually,” Rashid mentioned.
“I think you already know the words. There’s too many of you lot.
“There’s too a lot of you lot, it’s good to have a phrase, it’s good to do one thing about it. It is the phrase there are too a lot of you lot.”
Rashid stated he was not offended by Vaughan’s alleged comments but took them as “dangerous humour” on June 22, 2009.
ECB lawyer Jane Mulcahy KC opened proceedings by saying the ECB contends Vaughan made the alleged comment and therefore “brought on prejudice or disrepute to cricket”.
Vaughan’s lawyer Stoner mentioned: “Mr Vaughan can not recall exactly what he mentioned however is obvious the phrases used and within the context used are unacceptable.
“Mr Vaughan is adamant he did not use them.
“This panel will solely have one contemporaneous doc and one broadly contemporaneous doc. The contemporaneous doc is Sky footage the place phrases are mentioned to be spoken the place the digital camera was near gamers and broadcast.
“We say the entirety of that footage is inconsistent with anything untoward being said.
“The broadly contemporaneous doc is Mr Vaughan’s autobiography and the actual fact it makes reference to that sport and that the 4 Asian gamers who performed is the beginning of issues to return and good for Yorkshire cricket.
“The alleged comment was not said at the time and including at the end of the game … It was not in fact mentioned by anyone for a period of 11 years. Now 14 years after the event, it is word against word.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
