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[Admin]

16 Yorkshire staff leave including Moxon and Gale

[chris]

Dec 3, 2021 15:18:46 GMT Admin said:

16 Yorkshire staff leave including Moxon and Gale

Whilst this was expected it is seismic for the club:

Moxon: England international, Yorkshire captain, 2nds XI debut 1978 (over 40 years at the club) 
Gale: Yorkshire captain, second XI debut 2002, academy 2000 (over 20 years at the club)
Pyrah: second XI debut 2000 (over 20 years at the club)
Fisher: second XI debut 1993, left Yorkshire 2001 returned to coaching staff 2019 (10 years at the club)
Grayson: England one-day player, Yorkshire 2nd XI debut 1988, age groups 1987, left Yorkshire 1995 returned to coaching staff 2019 (10 years at the club)
plus
Damms: Head of Academy since 2011 (10 years at the club)
Dews: invovled as a coach of the academy since 2000, currently 2nd XI coach (over 20 years a the club)

[werneth]

We all expected some to go but not 16. You wonder how Lord Patel's pledge of "reconcilation" equates with such drastic action.

The 16 apparently includes all those who signed a letter in the autumn attempting to give an alternative version to Rafiq's story.

Curious that not one player is included, despite the likes of Ballance coming under fire.

[chris]

Dec 3, 2021 17:21:10 GMT werneth said:

We all expected some to go but not 16. You wonder how Lord Patel's pledge of "reconcilation" equates with such drastic action.

The 16 apparently includes all those who signed a letter in the autumn attempting to give an alternative version to Rafiq's story.

Curious that not one player is included, despite the likes of Ballance coming under fire.

Daily Telegraph reporting that Yorkshire face players revolt and bitter legal battle.

Yorkshire Post wondering if Ballance will be next.

Telegraph saying some players "were said to feel so strongly that they were threatening to leave themselves” and the paper was told “ those sacked were ‘blindsided' by the announcement and that some were certain to follow Rafiq in taking legal action against the club after receiving no severance pay. Such action would allow them to tell their side of the story”