Essex considers granting Jahid Ahmed access to independent report into racism at the club | Cricket News

Essex are contemplating granting Jahid Ahmed entry to an impartial report into racism on the membership.

Allegations of racial discrimination from Ahmed, together with Zoheb Sharif and Maurice Chambers, led to Essex commissioning Katharine Newton KC to research again in 2021.

Her report, revealed final Friday, discovered former Essex gamers together with Ahmed, have been topic to racist abuse and discriminatory remedy throughout their time on the membership.

Ahmed has known as for the suitable to see the complete report, or not less than these sections related to his expertise on the membership, and advised the PA information company it will assist convey him “some closure” on the matter.

Essex are consulting with their authorized workforce on whether or not they can grant him entry to these sections of the complete report

“We perceive Jahid’s need for closure and the way the report feeds into this, however we’ve got to contemplate that we’ve got an obligation of care to everybody named,” a membership spokesperson stated in a press release issued to PA.

“We’re exploring Jahid seeing the elements of the report that relate to him. We have taken his ideas on board and spoken to his lawyer, and we at the moment are consulting with our authorized workforce.

“There are authorized issues for us to take into consideration with him seeing the complete report, however we’ll proceed to have conversations to see if we will facilitate it.”

Ahmed stated earlier this week: “I wish to see the complete particulars of what was stated. I’ve been combating on that for 2 years now, certainly I need to see the complete report back to fulfill myself ‘that is what you’ve got achieved’?”

Newton’s abstract report discovered Ahmed was subjected to discriminatory slurs.

She didn’t agree although that the membership’s determination to launch him was due to his race or faith.