Six former Yorkshire Players including Three England Players to be sanctioned for racist language on Teammate

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Racism is a parasite which has prevailed over the years. And in the arena such as sports, the effect of this abysmal social disease is yet to be fully eradicated.

Although Football is often the biggest stage of racial abuses and offenses, the gentleman's game of Cricket is set to share the blame courtesy of English county cricket.

Six former Yorkshire players are set to be sanctioned on Wednesday (May 3) for using racist language to one of their teammates. After the complaint, an independent Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) was formed to investigate the matter.

The CDC review on March 31 has revealed that six former Yorkshire players, namely - Tim Bresnan, Matthew Hoggard, John Blain, Andrew Gale, Richard Pyrah and Gary Ballance had used racist language towards their Yorkshire teammate Azeem Rafiq, and other people of Asian ethnicity.

Matthew Hoggard and Tim Bresnan are both former England players, while Gary Ballance, who just retired from international cricket, has played for both England and Zimbabwe.

The five except Ballance had withdrawn from the disciplinary process before the hearing in early March as cases against them were heard in their absence. Ballance already admitted his guilt of using discriminatory language and didn't appear in any of the hearings.

The CDC will sanction the accused ex-players on Wednesday, only after considering any written submissions by the players. The ruling body can impose suspensions, fines and can order an educational programme for the accused personnel.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan was also alleged of racism but he was cleared of all charges against him in March by the panel. There will be a separate hearing on June 27, which can impose a sanction on the Yorkshire County Cricket Club.