The members of the entire Scotland Cricket board comprising of six members resigned on Sunday, July 24, 2022, following accusations of institutional racism in a damning independent review that is due to be published on Monday.
The review was commissioned after Scotland's all-time leading wicket-taker Majid Haq told Sky Sports News that Cricket Scotland was "institutionally racist". Haq's former team-mate Qasim Sheikh said he had also suffered racist abuse. Both men said they were treated differently from team-mates because of the color of their skin.
The directors sent the letter of resignation to the interim chief executive officer this morning.
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"The Board of Cricket Scotland has resigned. We will work in partnership with @sportscotland with immediate effect to ensure appropriate governance, leadership & support is in place for sport in the days ahead," Cricket Scotland tweeted on Sunday.
The resignation letter from the outgoing board referred to the review as being "truly transformative, not just for Cricket Scotland but the sport of cricket" and said it would "provide a watershed moment for Scottish sport and society in general".
The statement as per the Telegraph stated: "While the board has not been given sight of the review report, it is now aware of the proposed timescales and of certain mandated actions proposed within the report that it believes make the delivery of these two programs unachievable within the timetable proposed and the current governance framework. Consequently, we believe we must now step aside to enable the required progress to be made in the coming months."
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A spokesperson for Cricket Scotland said: "Cricket Scotland will work in partnership with Sport Scotland with immediate effect to ensure appropriate governance, leadership and support is in place for the organization and the sport in the days ahead, and these arrangements will be reviewed after the publication of the report into racism in cricket in Scotland and updates given accordingly."
Aamer Anwar, the lawyer representing the two players, told Sky the report could prove "devastating" for Cricket Scotland.
(AFP/Sky Sports inputs)
