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Vaughan worked as a Test Match Special analyst for 12 years on BBC 5 Live’s “The Tuffers and Vaughan Cricket Show”.

Former England skipper Michael Vaughan has been banned from a BBC show after allegations of racism were brought against him by two players.

Vaughan worked as a Test Match Special analyst for 12 years on BBC 5 Live’s “The Tuffers and Vaughan Cricket Show”.

But he will not appear on the show on Monday following allegations of racism from Azeem Rafiq, who claimed Vaughan made racist comments towards him and other players ahead of a Yorkshire game in 2009.

In a column for ‘Daily Telegraph’ Vaughan admitted he was the former player involved in the investigation into Rafiq’s allegations of institutional racism in Yorkshire but “completely and categorically” denied the charges and vowed to “fight” to clear his name.

Vaughan, who represented the county from 1991 until his retirement in 2009, apparently told a group of Asian players, including Rafiq, “There are too many of you, we have to do something.”

The alleged incident occurred as Yorkshire entered the pitch in a game against Nottinghamshire in 2009, Rafiq’s first season as a professional.

“I completely and categorically deny ever uttering those words. I have nothing to hide. The ‘all of you’ comment never happened,” the 2005 Ashes-winning captain wrote in the column.

“Anyone who tries to remember the words spoken 10 years ago will be fallible, but I’m adamant those words were not used. If Rafiq thinks something was said at the time to upset him, then it is ‘is what he believes. ”

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