THE SPORT TAKES 12 STEPS TO TRY TO STOP ABUSE

1. Adoption within three months of a standardised approach to reporting, investigating and responding to complaints, allegations and whistleblowing.

2. Full promotion of the aims of the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) through proactive engagement with its investigations and recommendations.

3. Equality, diversity and inclusion training for all staff in cricket, including volunteers, recreational club officials, umpires, directors and coaches.

4. Review of dressing-room culture in all professional teams, both domestic and international.

5. Redesigned programme of player and coach education, addressing gaps identified by the dressing-room review.

6. Action to aid progress into professional teams of people from diverse or underprivileged backgrounds.

7. Full-scale review, in advance of the 2022 season, into the detection, enforcement and sanctions against discriminatory and abusive crowd behaviour at each professional ground.

8. Delivery of plans (tailored to local communities) to ensure professional cricket venues are welcoming to all, including providing accessible seats, food and beverage for all faiths and cultures, and the availability of facilities such as multi-faith rooms and alcohol-free zones.

9. Upgraded education in recreational cricket to ensure players, volunteers and coaches understand and champion inclusion and diversity.

10. A commitment to best practice governance with targets for board diversity (30 percent female, locally representative ethnicity by April 2022) and plans to increase diversity across the wider organisation.

11. Introduce fairer recruitment, with the immediate adoption of anonymised recruitment tools for senior roles, open appointment processes, and balanced and diverse panels to assess interviews.

12. Every senior executive will have EDI objectives as part of annual performance targets.