Michael Vaughan steps back from work with BBC over 'ongoing dialogue'

LONDON: Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Thursday announced that he is stepping back from his work with the BBC over the "ongoing dialogue" around the racism investigation at Yorkshire. The development means that Vaughan will not be a part of BBC's commentary team for the upcoming rescheduled fifth Test between England and India at Edgbaston, starting from July 1.

Michael Vaughan was dropped from the BBC coverage of the Ashes last November after he was named in former player Azeem Rafiq's account for making a racist comment before a Yorkshire match in 2009. That time, Rafiq had claimed that Vaughan had once told a group of four Asian players at Yorkshire "there are too many of you lot, we need to do something about it".

Though Vaughan got back on BBC's commentary team for England's 3-0 Test sweep of New Zealand, the BBC on Monday acknowledged that the BBC Sport BAME Advisory Group and 5 Live Diversity Group had raised concerns over Vaughan's reinstatement in an open letter, calling it "totally inexcusable" and a "shocking miscalculation". IANS

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