British-Pakistani cricketer forced to leave UK over racist abuse

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He did not reveal where he moved.

However, addressing a select committee of the British Parliament for the second time, Rafiq said he had been “driven out of the country” by “threats and abuse”.

He spoke of a “defecating” man in his garden. “Sometimes I walked down the street fearing for my life,” he said.

He told MPs he now receives ’27/7 security’ from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and accused the Yorkshire Post newspaper of being ‘responsible’ for the insults he and his family have suffered from the start, quite sensationally, appearing as a witness before the parliamentary committee in 2021.

The Yorkshire Post told the media it had “applied the same standards of objectivity, impartiality and professionalism in seeking to tell all sides of the story”.

The ECB said the latest hearing “demonstrates why widespread change to cricket is needed”.

Indian-born Kamlesh Patel, who was appointed chairman of Yorkshire CCC after the scandal erupted last year, has remarked that his work has been “relentless” since taking office. “I don’t understand where Azeem finds the strength to continue.”

The ECB admitted it was “appalled by the level of racial abuse” received by Patel and acknowledged “the pain it has caused him”.

–IANS

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