Cricket-Essex chairman resigns over historical racism allegation


  • Cricket
  • Saturday, 13 Nov 2021

(Reuters) - Essex County Cricket Club chairman John Faragher has resigned from his role over a historical allegation that he used racist language at a board meeting in 2017, the team said on Friday.

In a statement, they added Faragher "strongly denies" the incident but resigned after Thursday's board meeting.

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