The main players in today’s select committee drama

Tom Harrison

⮞In his post throughout Rafiq’s three-year quest for justice, the England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive may face the biggest grilling of all from MPS. The ECB has acknowledged it should have acted sooner to hold Yorkshire to account, and

Harrison will have to prove lessons have been learnt. He will also have to convince the British-asian community not to turn its back on English cricket. But select committee hearings can be brutal for the heads of governing bodies, and Harrison could end up being the pantomime villain.

Roger Hutton

⮞The first to quit Yorkshire over the scandal and his explosive resignation made the positions of several board members equally untenable. The former chairman’s claims against chief executive Mark Arthur and director of cricket Martyn Moxon over their refusal to apologise for failing to deal with Rafiq’s accusations have since gone unchallenged, and are likely to again after both pulled out of today’s hearing. But Hutton will have to explain his role in the investigation and how the final report ended up seemingly impossible to publish.

Azeem Rafiq

⮞At least two former England stars could be outed as being among those accused by Rafiq of racist or bullying behaviour. The former off-spinner is also certain to be asked about Joe Root’s position that he had no recollection of any such incidents, something Rafiq was “incredibly hurt” by. Any testimony to suggest Root witnessed or was aware of the racism would be explosive. Rafiq is also likely to elaborate on his allegation Michael Vaughan used racially insensitive language towards him – which Vaughan denies – and other Asian players.