As more concerns become known, the troubled Cricket Scotland panel calls for resolution.
Cricket Scotland is braced for another bout of legitimate action from an offended former player after Hamza Tahir, the 28- year- old kept- arm spinner, announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect. Tahir stated in his pension statement that a colleague Southern Asian player had told him that "you have to do half as well" to win the Scotland set-up.
Tahir, 28, claimed 63 innings in 48 games for Scotland, including a best of 5 for 38 against Oman in 2019. Nevertheless, he was omitted from the club for the new T20 World Cup campaign in the Caribbean, having been cut from Cricket Scotland's record of contracted people in March.
In his speech, Tahir said," Enough is enough," listing the issues that had led to his choice, including a one-day global look against Pakistan at the T20 World Cup in 2021 and claims that a senior manager "used the P term various times" during a national trip in 2020.
" This is only a snippet of the obstacles put in place of people of colour", Hamza said. " In significant games such as World Cups I've always felt l've been held up and never allowed to go and display to the world what I can do, and create a name for myself on the planet level".
Tahir's remarks come at a time when Cricket Scotland is in excruciating turmoil, a body that was investigated as being institutionally racist two years ago after complaints from two other former players, Majid Haq and Qasim Sheikh, led to an independent review. The entire board resigned on the eve of the publication of the" Changing the Boundaries" report in July 2022, which listed 448 examples of racism and discrimination, of which just five have progressed to disciplinary procedures.
In recent weeks, Cricket Scotland has been embroiled in a row with a further former player, John Blain, who claims he was "exonerated" of allegations of racist behaviour after receiving a letter from the former interim CEO, Peter Fitzboydon, in January, but subsequently accused the board of attempting to "rewrite history" in its reappraisal of that position.
Cricket Scotland expressed "utmost sympathy for anyone who has been a victim of discrimination while playing our sport," and thanked Tahir for his service to the" Scotland men's national team."
Trudy Lindblade, Cricket Scotland CEO, added:" I sympathise with those who harbour a feeling of injustice, and we will continue to engage respectfully throughout the mediation process.
" The only viable route to common ground is through independent mediation in order to achieve reconciliation. Only then can we speak out loud and collaborate to create a sport that everyone can enjoy.
" Ongoing instability and recrimination, played out in front of the media, will only cause further damage to relationships and reputations, and deepen the wounds that need to heal".
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