The statement pointed to Rafiq's excellent record in white-ball cricket prior to his 2018 release
Phil Walker relives a rocky and at times disturbing month for the game
Rafiq first made his allegations in August 2020 in an interview with Wisden.com
"Yorkshire simply wouldn't dream of being without him"
"When I was in good form at the start of the season, I just focused on cashing in"
The Cricket Writers' Club voted him the Best Cricketer of 1962
"When Jacques Kallis edged his first ball to first slip I thought it might be one of my days"
"I was like, ‘Woah, hold your horses big lad. We’re full up and you’re not that good yet’"
"The lacklusture and luckless years and the leanest of lean spells"
"His batting in 1893 was one of the best features of an extraordinary season"