Mike ofarrell

Racism and racial stereotyping became a talking point in English domestic cricket again this week with former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq and former England women cricketer Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent taking exception to comments by Middlex chairman Mike O'Farrell on black and South Asian people in England.

O'Farrell said football and rugby become "much more attractive to the Afro-Caribbean community" and cricket was sometimes "secondary" to education for young South Asian players.