Michael Vaughan has been left out of the BBC commentary team for Ashes

Michael Vaughan the Former England captain has been dropped from the BBC commentary team for the next Ashes series in Australia, citing a “conflict of interest” in the wake of the ongoing racism controversy.

Highlights

• The BBC commentary crew for Ashes has been omitted by Michael Vaughan.
• Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of racism have shaken English cricket.
• The claim has been “categorically refuted” by Michael Vaughan.

Racism allegations made by Pakistan-born former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq have shaken English cricket. During a county match in 2009, former England captain Vaughan allegedly warned the now 30-year-old Rafiq and other Asian-origin Yorkshire players that there were “too many of you bunch, we need to do something about it.”

The claim has been “categorically denied” by Vaughan, who won the Ashes in 2005.

Following Rafiq’s remarks, which generated a tidal wave of racism claims in English cricket, Vaughan, 47, was removes from his BBC radio show earlier this month.

A spokeswoman for the broadcaster said on Wednesday:

“While he is involves in an important issue in cricket, we do not consider that it would be suitable for Michael Vaughan to have a role in our Ashes team or wider coverage of the sport at this time,”

“We want our contributors to discuss things that are relevant to them, and his engagement in the Yorkshire story is a conflict of interest.”

Michael Vaughan has a deal with Fox Sports, one of the primary Australian television stations, to commentate on the Ashes series

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And the former top-order batsman is still a columnist for the Daily Telegraph newspaper in the United Kingdom.

“I unequivocally deny saying the comments reported to me by Azeem Rafiq. And want to re-state this publicly since the ‘you lot’ comment simply never happened,” Vaughan said in a statement released earlier this month.

Rafiq, who later acknowledged posting an anti-Semitic comment on Twitter as a teenager. Gave eloquent testimony before a parliamentary committee last week, claiming that prejudice had cut short his career.

While appearing at the same hearing. England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive Tom Harrison was harshly chastise for his response to Rafiq’s revelations.

Harrison vowed “concrete action” to address racism during a meeting of the national governing body’s constituent members on Friday. But said the details would not be releasing until this week.

Yorkshire, one of England’s oldest and most prestigious counties, has been devastated by the scandal. With sponsors fleeing in droves and the club being barred from staging lucrative international matches.

Yorkshire’s chairman and chief executive have both resigned. While head coach Andrew Gale has been suspended pending an investigation into an anti-Semitic tweet from the club’s history.

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