Essex County Cricket Club chairman John Faragher resigns over historical racism allegation

Essex County Cricket Club chairman John Faragher has resigned from his role over a historical allegation that he used racist language at a board meeting in 2017, the team said on Friday.

The chairman of English county cricket team Essex has quit following a historic allegation of racist language used by him in 2017, the club said Friday.

John Faragher’s resignation comes amid a racism scandal at another county club, Yorkshire, that has led to a number of executives leaving their roles and English cricket’s governing body starting an investigation.