Cricket aims to tackle racism

but there was enough information from the 173 players who responded for the education programme to be established, not least because nearly half of the incidences of racism have come from fellow players.

The programme will be run by the EW Group and will sit alongside the PCA’s anticorruption and personal welfare education on topics such as drugs and gambling. “The EW Group will deliver a programme of

education in 2021,” said Lynch, below.

“It will begin in March with workshops delivered to all domestic men and women’s teams as well as England teams.

“The education we have identified that is required is something we can build from and expand.

“We can’t change yesterday, but we can look forward to tomorrow. We are

much more aware of the issues and want to address them.” Sussex have one of the most diverse squads in the county game and their chief executive Rob Andrew said: “We need to make sure that the dressing rooms around our counties and academies are safe and that these issues, which we can’t accept in sport, will be taken seriously and managed properly by those of us in charge.”