the 18 years we have gone from me being the first to sign for the club to sachin tendulkar to be theeas, to players being able to sign from other clubs, and it was my last few games, i remember it clearly, i was proud as punch that we had four asian players representing yorkshire county cricket club. nothing but a proud senior, old pro just about to retire, absolutely delighted that yorkshire had come so far in my time at the club. are they lying? i'll think we have got to move on from accusations of conversations for many years ago. there is a bigger picture here. i said from the minute that this has been talked about that yorkshire have dealt with it terribly. they avoided it. they thought it was going to go away. they were stubborn, thinking this was not going to come out. for that, i can apologise as a former yorkshire player. what azeem rafiq has gone through over the last few years, and obviously his campaign in the last year, it would have been awfulfor him to try and do, i think we are all responsible as former yorkshire players. we have all got to take responsibility and the

born in the county, so for 18 years we've gone from me being the first to sign for the club, to sachin tendulkar being able to sign from other clubs. and it was my last few games, and ijust remember it clearly that i was proud as punch that we had four asian players representing yorkshire county cricket club. it was azeem rafiq, the yorkshire whistleblower, who made the initial allegation. he has said that michael vaughan might not remember the alleged remarks because they didn't mean anything to him. yeah, that hurts. that hurts, because i've always felt that every single team that i've been involved in — the biggest praise i ever got as the england captain for six years was that i was the kind of person that really galvanised the group, got the team working together as one. i always felt that i was the person in the dressing room that really wanted everyone to feel included. michael, you said you wanted to sit down with azeem and hear his story. the chances are he could be watching you this morning. he could be watching this now. what would be your message to him? i'm sorry for the hurt that h

in the county, so for 18 years we've gone from me being the first to sign for the club, for sachin tendulkarally galvanised the group, got the team working together as one. i always felt that i was the person in the dressing room that really wanted everyone to feel included. michael, you said you wanted to sit down with azeem and hear his story. the chances are he could be watching you this morning. he could be watching this now. what would be your message to him? i'm sorry for the hurt that he's gone through. yorkshire county cricket club, i believe, is me. you know, it's been my life. whether i'm a player or not, i'm a senior ex—player and ex england captain, and i believe that once you've played for yorkshire you're always a yorkshire player. i'm sorry for all the hurt that he's gone through. hopefully — time, i don't think, can ever be a healer in the situation that he's gone through. but hopefully time can be a way of us making sure that yorkshire county cricket club never goes through this situation again and never puts themselves in a position of denial that they treated a player so b

in the next years to come, i want to find the nextjoe root, the next sachin tendulkar playing for yorkshirefew lads from surrey and elsewhere to come because this is going to be the best cricket club in the world. even the length of the original investigation, _ even the length of the original investigation, is _ even the length of the original investigation, is there - even the length of the original investigation, is there a - even the length of the original. investigation, is there a timeline on this? — investigation, is there a timeline on this? witi— investigation, is there a timeline on this? will you _ investigation, is there a timeline on this? will you be _ investigation, is there a timeline on this? will you be speaking. investigation, is there a timeline on this? will you be speaking to| investigation, is there a timeline . on this? will you be speaking to all the current— on this? will you be speaking to all the current players, _ on this? will you be speaking to all the current players, even— on this? will you be speaking to all the current players, even those - on this? will y