Lord Patel's reforms at Yorkshire saw the club reinstated as an international venue in time for summer 2022.

Shortly before Headingley hosted England's Test against New Zealand in June 2022, the ECB announced it had charged the county and seven individuals.

Former Yorkshire head coach Andrew Gale, who denies the allegations made by Rafiq, withdrew from the disciplinary process two weeks later, calling it "tainted".

In August 2022, ex-England batter Ballance, who has admitted to using racist language towards Rafiq, issued an apology which Rafiq accepted. Ballance has since been released from his Yorkshire contract and returned to play for his native Zimbabwe.

Rafiq and Gale were reprimanded by the ECB in October 2022 for historical social media posts of a racist nature. Both admitted making the posts, which were not related and for which Rafiq apologised.

In November 2022, the CDC took the unprecedented step of opting to hold its hearing in public and scheduled it to take place at the end of that month.

An appeal against that decision from the respondents delayed the hearing and was ultimately struck down.

In February 2023, former players Matthew Hoggard, Tim Bresnan and John Blain withdrew from the disciplinary process, with former Yorkshire bowling coach Richard Pyrah also pulling out days later.

Last week, Yorkshire admitted documents about racism allegations against the club were deleted under a previous regime.

Former Yorkshire spinner Azeem Rafiq first made claims of historical racism at Headingley in an interview with the Cricket Badger podcast in August 2020.

The county commissioned law firm Squire Patton Boggs to investigate and, more than a year after Rafiq's initial allegations, a summarised version of a report was published in September 2021. Seven of Rafiq's 43 claims were upheld and Yorkshire apologised for "racial harassment and bullying".

However, the panel's report was not published and no player, employee or executive faced disciplinary action as a result of its findings. The outcome sparked widespread criticism and in November 2021 Yorkshire was temporarily stripped of the right to host international matches at Headingley by the ECB.

Former chairman Roger Hutton and chief executive Mark Arthur resigned in November 2021, the same month in which Rafiq appeared in front of a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee to give evidence which included branding English cricket "institutionally racist".

In December 2021, Hutton's replacement as Yorkshire chairman Lord Kamlesh Patel sacked 16 members of the club's coaching and backroom staff, including head coach Gale and bowling coach Pyrah. Both would eventually agree compensation over a claim for unfair dismissal.

• Yorkshire, Michael Vaughan, John Blain, Tim Bresnan, Andrew Gale, Matthew Hoggard, Richard Pyrah and Gary Ballace were all charged with a breach of ECB directive 3.3, which states no person should conduct themselves in a manner that is 'prejudicial to the interest of the game of cricket'. Yorkshire and Ballance admitted the breach, while Hoggard admitted a breach in part.
• Of those listed above, only Vaughan will appear at the hearing in person - and is expected to give evidence today
• On Wednesday, the ECB's lawyer, Jane Mulcahy KC, outlined their case against some of the individuals and claimed misrepresentations about the disciplinary process were made to the media by Pyrah, Bresnan and Hoggard.
• In his witness statement, Hoggard admitted to using a racist phrase towards Rafiq, while he said he could not recall using a different racial slur. He accepted being part of group chats in which the slur was used.

• Bresnan was charged by the ECB for allegedly using the phrases 'the brothers' and 'you lot' when talking about players of Asian heritage. In his statements, he also denies using a racial term in relation to Azeem Rafiq's sister, Amna.

• Blain was charged by the ECB for allegedly using a racial slur when referring to Asian individuals on a number of occasions, which he denies.
• The ECB will set out its cases against Gale and Pyrah on Thursday morning before moving on to Vaughan.

Day one report

It's day two of the Cricket Discipline Commission hearing into allegations of racism at Yorkshire CCC.

This morning the ECB will lay out its cases against Andrew Gale and Richard Pyrah, before moving on to former England captain Michael Vaughan who is attending in person.

Vaughan and Azeem Rafiq have arrived at the International Arbitration Centre.

Image source, PA Media

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