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Azeem Rafiq apologises after anti-Semitic Facebook post from 2011 surfaces on social media amid Yorkshire racism probe

, Azeem Rafiq apologises after anti-Semitic Facebook post from 2011 surfaces on social media amid Yorkshire racism probe

AZEEM RAFIQ has apologised for using racial slurs in an exchange of messages with a fellow cricketer.

The former Yorkshire cricketer has shown huge courage in exposing institutionalised racism in the sport.

Azeem Rafiq has apologised after he was caught using a racial slur ten years ago
The 30-year-old issued an apology online almost instantly after discovering the comments he posted

The 30-year-old sent shockwaves through cricket with his testimony in front of the digital, culture, media and sport select committee this week as he tearfully explained how racism had destroyed his career.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan, who has denied making a racist remark, is among those accused.

However, Rafiq has now issued an apology himself after The Times exposed an exchange of messages sent around a decade ago between him and the former Leicestershire cricketer Ateeq Javid.

They were believed to be discussing another Asian cricketer, who at the time was playing for Derbyshire.

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And they are mocking him of his reluctance to spend money on a meal out because ‘he is a Jew’.

Rafiq also jokes that he will ‘probs go after my 2nds again ha . . . Only Jews do tht sort of s***’.

Rafiq issued a statement in response to that conversation being published and says he was 19 and is now ‘a different person today’.

Javid now lives in Australia but has yet to comment on the conversation or after Rafiq’s apology.

Rafiq’s statement said: “I was sent an image of this exchange from early 2011 today. I have gone back to check my account and it is me. I have absolutely no excuses.

“I am ashamed of this exchange and have now deleted it so as not to cause further offence. I was 19 at the time and I hope and believe I am a different person today. I am incredibly angry at myself and I apologise to the Jewish community and everyone who is rightly offended by this.”

Rafiq has conceded that he ‘wasn’t perfect’ during his career as a cricketer and almost instantly apologised once he had established it was him who wrote the messages.

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