Ex-England and Yorkshire seamer Matthew Hoggard pulls out of racism listening to

Former England bowler Matthew Hoggard has confirmed his withdrawal from the disciplinary course of involving allegations made by his former Yorkshire team-mate Azeem Rafiq.

Hoggard, who was a part of the England staff which received the 2005 Ashes, was one of many people charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board final June in a disciplinary case analyzing allegations of racism and bullying made by Rafiq.

The case is because of be heard in public by a Cricket Self-discipline Fee panel initially of subsequent month however Hoggard confirmed to the PA information company that he was withdrawing from the method, as a result of he didn’t really feel he would get a good listening to.

Hoggard’s former Yorkshire team-mate Andrew Gale, one other of the people charged, introduced final yr he was not prepared to interact with the method, which he described as “tainted”.

Hoggard is known to have been interviewed by the BBC in relation to the case.