Cricket Scotland going through new disaster as impartial report slams sexist tradition

Cricket Scotland is going through a contemporary disaster following the publication of a damning new report that calls into query the organisation’s tradition and perspective in the direction of girls.

The McKinney Report, an impartial impartial evaluation carried out by a number one Scottish HR agency, discovered a “high degree of prejudice towards female staff and players” inside Cricket Scotland, including that “antiquated attitudes and behaviour towards women in the game are still prevalent, particularly at club level”.

The 35-page report, revealed on Monday, comes simply two years after Cricket Scotland was discovered to be institutionally racist by one other impartial evaluation – entitled “Changing The Boundaries” and carried out by Plan4Sport – in July 2022.

That doc, which discovered 448 separate examples of racism and discrimination inside Scottish cricket, led to your complete Cricket Scotland board resigning on the eve of its publication.

The McKinney report analysed behaviours, cultures and practices inside Cricket Scotland, each previous to the publication of the Changing the Boundaries report in 2022, and within the two years since. Its six key themes coated tradition and inclusion, management, normal behaviours, employment practices and wellbeing, psychological security and sexism and misogyny.

Nine suggestions have been developed, with its priorities centred round normal behaviours, and sexism and misogyny.

Trudy Lindblade, Cricket Scotland’s CEO, stated: “This report is a damning indictment of the treatment of female players and staff within our organisation. It is evident that Cricket Scotland allowed behaviours to take place that were disrespectful, demeaning and deeply concerning, and that these were allowed to continue for a significant period.

“This is totally unacceptable, and I wholeheartedly apologise to each single one that was affected and let down by the governing physique.

“This report also highlights the huge amount of work that we need to do throughout cricket in Scotland to improve the standing of women and girls within our sport.

“We are dedicated to creating the governing physique and our sport welcoming and protected for all girls and women, and along with our regional associations and golf equipment we’ll work collectively to make sure there isn’t a place for misogyny, sexism, or discrimination of any form inside our sport. Our new technique, which is to be launched shortly, will put the well being and development of ladies and women’ cricket at its forefront.

“Several of the recommendations from the McKinney Report are already underway, but there is still a significant amount of work to be done by Cricket Scotland, our regions, and our clubs to affect the change that is needed.

“Cricket Scotland now has a sturdy disciplinary and complaints course of in place, and I’d strongly urge anybody who has been affected by the findings of the report and who feels they should elevate a grievance to make use of this course of. These not too long ago established processes reveal that Cricket Scotland is able to dealing with issues in a clear and thought of method.”