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Middlesex CCC chairman criticised for his remarks on lack of diversity – video
The chairman of Middlesex County Cricket Club, Mike O'Farrell, has been criticised for his comments at a digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) select committee hearing, where he claimed there was a lack of interest among black and Asian communities in cricket.
'The football and rugby world becomes much more attractive to the Afro-Caribbean community,' O'Farrell said, before adding that 'the South Asian community ... prefer to go into other educational fields, and then cricket becomes secondary.'
Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq tweeted that O'Farrell's remarks 'just confirmed what an endemic problem the game has. I actually can’t believe what I am listening to.' The former England cricketer Ebony Rainford-Brent wrote: 'These outdated views in the game are exactly why we are in this position. Unfortunately the decision-makers hold onto these myths ... the game deserves better.'
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