Andrew Gale, Azeem Rafiq and Danni Wyatt reprimanded by Cricket Discipline Commission for racist conduct

The CDC finds five individuals, including Jack Brooks and Eve Jones, guilty of ECB Directives 3.3. Wyatt, Brooks and Jones are also found to have breached Directives 3.4

The Cricket Discipline Commission have found five individuals guilty of racist conduct, including Azeem Rafiq and ex-Yorkshire captain and head coach Andrew Gale.

England batter Danni Wyatt, Eve Jones of Central Sparks and Birmingham Phoenix and Somerset's Jack Brooks are also included.

A reprimand has been imposed on each of the five current and former cricketers, with no further action taken.

Each offender admitting to breaching ECB Directives 3.3 which states: "No such person may conduct themself in a manner or do any act or omission which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or which may bring the game of cricket or any Cricketer or group of Cricketers into disrepute."

Wyatt, Jones and Brooks were also found to have broken Directives 3.4: "Each Participant is bound by and must comply with the ECB Anti-Discrimination Code."

That same charge was withdrawn against Gale after the anti-Semitic message he sent on Twitter in 2010 was deleted at the time it was re-emerged. He was suspended by Yorkshire and later dismissed as head coach by the Headingley club in September 2022.

^{Somerset's Jack Brooks (Harry Trump/Getty Images)}

Action against Rafiq follows anti-Semitic messages sent on Facebook in 2011 when he aged 19.

He subsequently apologised and pledged to educate himself on Judaism, which included taking part in the International March of the Living in Poland, a 3km walk, to mark National Holocaust Remembrance Day. 

Charges against Wyatt and Jones were brought after the pair appeared in an image on Instagram in April 2013 where the former was in fancy dress, at a Jamiacan'themed party for Shanel Daly, with a blackface. 

Brooks, 38, sent two tweets to Tymal Mills and Stewart Laudat which included the use of the word 'n****'. He was reprimanded by Somerset reminded of his responsibilities and required to participate in training on equality, diversity and inclusion.

Punishments available to CDC adjudicator Chris Tickle included requesting an education or training programme, a fine (not exceeding £2,000), a suspension of up to four days, a points deduction or a contribution towards legal costs.