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\u201cOr ask to speak to Mr Vaughan?\u201d \u201cWe wrote to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you weren\u2019t really interested in looking into the matter, apart from finding corroborating evidence, were you Mr Botros?\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s not correct,\u201d came the reply.<\/p>\n
It was something Stoner returned to in his closing submission, where he noted that several players had said they had not heard Vaughan say such words before attacking the ECB\u2019s investigation as woefully inadequate. \u201cDue process matters and it is the cornerstone of law,\u201d he said. \u201cBut in our submission it was sent on holiday by the ECB. It raises a real question of fairness, which Mr Vaughan has not been afforded.\u201d<\/p>\n\nAzeem Rafiq batting for Yorkshire in 2016.<\/span> Photograph: Dan Mullan\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThat struck a chord with the panel, who said in their concluding remarks that the ECB case against Vaughan had not been \u201csufficiently accurate and reliable\u201d.<\/p>\n
But what of the two main protagonists? In his testimony, Rafiq was eloquent and often powerful as he outlined his case and talked of the \u201cmental scars\u201d that he had endured. He did say, however, to having amended the wording of Vaughan\u2019s alleged comments, having originally claimed his teammate said: \u201cThere\u2019s too many of you lot, we need to do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was something picked up on by the CDC panel in their decision, which noted the \u201csignificant inconsistencies in the evidence of both primary witnesses, Azeem Rafiq and Adil Rashid, in this regard\u201d.<\/p>\n
Vaughan was also measured when he gave his evidence, although there were signs of cockiness when questioned about his career by the ECB\u2019s impressive counsel Jane Mulcahy KC. \u201cIt\u2019s like a Question of Sport, this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nBut there were uncomfortable moments for him too, with Mulcahy saying that three tweets sent in 2010 and 2017, including one that said \u201cNot many English people live in London. I need to learn a new language,\u201d were indicative of a general pattern. \u201cIf a person has a tendency to make racist comments, they have a tendency to make racist comments,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
However, the panel said it gave some weight to the fact it had been an isolated allegation against Vaughan, along with his claim that he would never \u201cput a group of my own teammates into a position where they wouldn\u2019t be able to perform to their maximum, and that\u2019s certainly not what I\u2019m about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ultimately, the panel decided that, on the balance of probabilities it \u201cwas more likely than not\u201d that Vaughan had not made those comments.<\/p>\n
However, in its closing remarks it also said that: \u201cThese findings do not in any way undermine the wider assertions made by Rafiq, many of which of course have been confirmed by the admissions of both Yorkshire and certain individuals, as well as by other findings of this panel.\u201d For those of us who sat through every minute of testimony and evidence, that judgment felt about right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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