MPs Urge ECB to Avoid 'Business as Usual' in Yorkshire Cricket Controversy.

Cricket General

MPs Urge ECB to Avoid 'Business as Usual' in Yorkshire Cricket Controversy.

MPs are calling on the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to keep a close watch on Yorkshire Cricket to ensure that there's no "return to business as usual."

Following the re-election of chair Colin Graves at Yorkshire, MPs are urging the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to closely monitor the club to prevent a return to the old ways. 

Yorkshire faced fines last year for not addressing discriminatory language issues.

The Culture, Media, and Sport Committee expressed concern that the ECB's anti-discrimination commitment might not translate into action. They expect the ECB to keep a close eye on Yorkshire's efforts to address inequality and warned against reverting to a culture that allowed discrimination to thrive.

The committee will closely watch Yorkshire's progress in this regard. A report in 2023 by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket revealed widespread discrimination in English and Welsh cricket, leading ECB chair Richard Thompson to call it a "wake-up call" for the sport.