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Yorkshire stand accused of attempting to pressure a British Asian player into covering up historic allegations of racism in one of the disciplinary charges issued by the ECB last week.
Sportsmail has learned current president Geoff Cope and former chairman Robin Smith have been dragged into the racism scandal, with allegations the pair pressured former wicketkeeper Ismail Dawood to tell then Bradford MP Terry Rooney he had never experienced any discrimination at the club.
Cope and Smith have not been charged by the ECB as the cricket disciplinary commission’s jurisdiction does not cover administrators.
Yorkshire are accused of attempting to pressure Ismail Dawood to cover up allegation of racism
One of the major elements of Yorkshire’s disrepute charge is understood to relate to their handling of an incident in 2004
But it is understood the long- serving Yorkshire pair have been named as key protagonists in a general
