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Michael Vaughan was driven out of the BBC's commentary team by a handful of disgruntled staff who do not work with him or on Test Match Special, Sportsmail has learned.
The former England captain announced he was 'stepping back' from his commentary duties on TMS on Tuesday evening after all BBC employees received an extraordinary email from two of the corporation's diversity groups the previous morning, which described Vaughan's continued employment as 'totally inexcusable' and 'embarrassing' after he was charged by the ECB with the alleged use of racist language to Azeem Rafiq.
The strongly-worded email, which was revealed and published in full by MailOnline shortly after it was sent on Monday morning, came from an anonymous account claiming to represent BBC Sport's BAME Group and the Radio 5 Live Diversity group.
Sportsmail has subsequently discovered that many staff at BBC Sport, including those from ethnic minority backgrounds, were unaware of the existence of either group or those involved, who have not identified themselves even internally.
The email which caused Vaughan to stand down is understood to have been the work of six people who do not work in cricket, with the majority of them involved in
