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We Have To Learn How To Make Things Different For The Next Generation: Broad On Racial Discrimination

By IANS News December 05, 2021 • 11:59 AM View: 1757

England pace bowler Stuart Broad feels this is a great opportunity for cricket to come out of the shadow cast by racial discrimination and make the game more diverse by including people from every background.

Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq recently recounted the 'institutionally racist' English cricket culture before the parliamentary committee room during his nearly decade-long stay at the county, saying that "you have people (here) who are openly racist".

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