Vaughan set for BBC return after being cleared of creating racist comment
The former England captain is ready to kind a part of the Beeb’s protection of the upcoming dwelling Ashes collection and England’s one-off warm-up Test in opposition to Ireland at Lord’s that begins on June 1.
Vaughan’s return to the BBC airwaves comes after a Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) listening to in March cleared him of allegations of creating a racist remark in the direction of a gaggle of Asian team-mates throughout his time as a participant at Yorkshire.
Vaughan was alleged to have referred to a gaggle of 4 gamers – Adil Rashid, Azeem Rafiq, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and Ajmal Shahzad – as “you lot” throughout a crew huddle forward of a T20 match in opposition to Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in 2009.
However, Vaughan categorically denied ever saying it and an unbiased CDC panel mentioned it was “not satisfied on the balance of probabilities” that the remark had been made.
He had beforehand been a daily staple of the BBC’s cricket protection, although stepped again from his position for the second time final summer season after being charged by the ECB.
Vaughan initially stepped again from BBC commentary duties for the 2021-22 Ashes collection in Australia after being named in Yorkshire’s report that adopted former spin bowler Rafiq’s allegations of racist therapy on the membership.
He later returned in March 2022 earlier than stepping again once more three months later following the ECB cost.
The BBC have confirmed that Vaughan will function on flagship radio programme ‘Test Match Special (TMS)’ throughout the approaching summer season in addition to on their ‘Today at the Test’ TV highlights present for the Ireland match.