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Anti-racism campaigners have described a report into Cricket<\/a> Scotland\u2019s reaction to the diagnosis last year of institutional racism, which the organisation labelled a \u201cdetailed, transparent and frank assessment\u201d, as \u201ctone deaf and arrogant\u201d and full of \u201cempty soundbites\u201d.<\/p>\n The update<\/a> was written by the Cricket Scotland chair, Anjan Luthra, who was appointed last October, two months after the publication of a report on racism<\/a> in the Scottish game that was so damning it prompted the organisation\u2019s entire board to resign. Luthra concluded that \u201ca lot of impressive work has been conducted\u201d, leading to him being \u201cincredibly optimistic about the long-term future\u201d. The formation of an EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion) board sub-committee, and the creation of an anti-racism and EDI advisory group reporting to the sub-committee, were used as examples of progress made.<\/p>\n But Running Out Racism<\/a>, who campaign against racism in Scottish cricket, said that the EDI working group had taken \u201cfive months to form, and has only met once\u201d, and that \u201cto cite [it] as an achievement is frankly embarrassing\u201d. In a statement, they said Luthra\u2019s report \u201cis tone deaf and arrogant\u201d, \u201chas set back trust significantly\u201d and demonstrated that Cricket Scotland were \u201cundoubtedly trying to make the problem go away \u2026 with no interest in understanding and resolving the issues which led to it being found institutionally racist in the first place\u201d.<\/p>\n Aamer Anwar, who represents Majid Haq and Qasim Sheikh, the two former Scottish internationals whose experiences prompted the original report, said in a statement that \u201cCricket Scotland\u2019s empty soundbites show that it remains unfit for purpose\u201d. He said his clients \u201cbelieve the chair has failed to deliver or inspire genuine confidence\u201d and that the process has been \u201clittle more than an arrogant cosmetic box-ticking exercise\u201d. The statement concluded: \u201cThe only winners today are institutional racism and the dinosaurs who now appear even more entrenched.\u201d<\/p>\n Cricket Scotland also announced that its interim chief executive, Gordon Arthur, was to step down<\/a> at the end of April for personal reasons. The governing body will now run concurrent searches for a new interim chief executive and a permanent chief executive. Running Out Racism said Arthur had \u201cshown incredible compassion and work ethic\u201d, while Haq and Sheikh described him as \u201ca man who genuinely fought for change to take place\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n