View
comments
Michael Vaughan has broken his silence as the former England captain insisted he was 'proud as punch' of Asian stars playing for Yorkshire in the wake of allegations made against him by Azeem Rafiq.
Vaughan, 47, was accused by former Yorkshire star Rafeeq and two other Asian team-mates of saying 'too many of you lot, we need to do something about it' ahead of a cricket match for the county in 2009.
The former cricketer has been stood down by the BBC from their Ashes coverage this winter for 'editorial reasons', while several of his sponsors have distanced themselves.
And in his first interview since the scandal broke, Vaughan told the BBC that he had 'no recollection' of the incident in question, before apologising to Rafiq for the hurt he has felt.
He said: 'I don't [remember], my recollection from that day as I've said I was a Yorkshire player for 18 years, I was
