The review was commissioned after allegations from one of the country's all-time leading wicket-takers, Majid Haq.
Cricket Scotland's board resigned ahead of the publication of the review, which found the organisation's leadership"enabled a culture of racially aggravated micro-aggressions to develop."
Plan4Sport, commissioned by SportScotland, was tasked with leading the review in December last year and over the course of the last few months the body engaged with over 1,000 people at all levels of Scottish cricket."Our view is clear: the governance and leadership practices of Cricket Scotland have been institutionally racist," Louise Tideswell, managing director of Plan4Sport, said in a statement.
The board of Cricket Scotland had apologised and resigned on Sunday, a day before the report was published, citing that the resolution of issues and overhaul required was "unachievable" within the proposed timescale.The review was commissioned after allegations were made by one of the country's all-time leading wicket-takers, Majid Haq, who said Cricket Scotland was "institutionally racist".
"These are no longer allegations of racism but a total vindication of Majid Haq, Qasim Sheikh and all those who bravely came forward to give evidence," said Aamer Anwar, the lawyer representing the two players. The review's other findings included a lack of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion or anti-racist training for board, staff, volunteers, players, coaches or umpires as well as no mechanism in place for handling racist incidents.One of the recommendations said Cricket Scotland must be placed in "special measures" by SportScotland until at least October 2023 and new board members be appointed no later than 30 September this year.
"We recognise the impact this will have had on individuals and their families. We hope the report provides them with some reassurance that their voices have been heard, and we are sorry this did not happen sooner," Mr Arthur said.
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