Essex have been fined £100,000 – half of it suspended for two years – by the Cricket Discipline Commission after admitting to the “systemic use” of racist language at the club from 2001 to 2010 which they “failed to address”.
The charge was brought by the Cricket Regulator following the publication of a report by Katharine Newton KC last December investigating allegations of racist abuse suffered by former players at the club.
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