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Ashes winners Tim Bresnan and Matthew Hoggard were among a trio of former Yorkshire stars to withdraw on Friday from the disciplinary process into allegations of racism at the club.
Bresnan told Sportsmail it felt like he had been ‘prosecuted before being arrested’.
Bresnan, Hoggard and the former Scotland international John Blain were due to go before the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) next month but lost confidence that they would get a fair hearing after the ECB refused to disclose crucial evidence to the players accused of racism by Azeem Rafiq.
As Sportsmail revealed last week, lawyers acting for the seven players, who also include two former England stars in Michael Vaughan and Gary Ballance, were repeatedly denied access to interviews and statements from key witnesses by the governing body, and in other instances encountered lengthy delays.
Vaughan, Ballance and former Yorkshire bowling coach Rich Pyrah are the only ones who remain in the CDC procedure.
Tim Bresnan (pictured) and Matthew Hoggard have withdrawn from disciplinary hearings into alleged proceedings into racism allegations at Yorkshire Cricket Club
Azeem Rafiq had made allegations that he was subject to racism during his time at Yorkshire
Andrew Gale met the news that he was being charged with bringing the game into disrepute by the
