Michael Vaughan’s lawyer says the England and Wales Cricket Board investigation into whether the former England captain made an alleged racist comment in 2009 was “woefully inadequate”.
The investigation by the ECB started in October 2021 before charges were brought in June 2022.
Vaughan is accused of saying “there’s too many of you lot, we need to have a word about that” to Azeem Rafiq and three other Asian players representing Yorkshire before a Twenty20 match against Nottinghamshire.
In his closing submissions to a Cricket Discipline Commission, CDC, panel on Tuesday, Vaughan’s lawyer Christopher Stoner KC accused the ECB of having a “biased position”.
In reply, ECB lawyer Jane Mulcahy KC said it was “simply not true” the body has not been biased in this case and it was “inappropriate” to make that allegation.
Mulcahy said Vaughan and his legal team had gone to “ridiculous lengths” to “unfairly throw mud at the ECB” in their questioning of the investigation.
England spinner Rashid and former Pakistan bowler Naved-ul-Hasan have corroborated Rafiq’s claim.
The fourth player in the group, former England bowler Shahzad, said he has no recollection of it happening.
Stoner said there were “inconsistencies” in the case and Rafiq’s allegation, adding that “due process” was “sent on holiday” by the ECB.
