Scots cricket institutionally racist, review finds

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There is likely to be evidence of institutional racism in Scottish cricket.

The investigation was commissioned by Sport Scotland and is due to be published on Monday.

The allegations of racism and discrimination were made by a leading cricketer.

A number of referrals and allegations were forwarded to Police Scotland.

It was carried out by Plan4 Sport.

More than 200 people came forward to testify in the interim report.

Any recommendations made in the review will be implemented by Cricket Scotland.

SportScotland will keep all options on the table, including the withdrawal of funding, after the review's findings.

Cricket Scotland received more than half a million dollars over the course of the last two years.

He said last year that he had been abused in his career.

After being sent home from the World Cup, he didn't play again. He was victimised on the basis of race.

"If you are an ethic minority cricketer, you need to perform twice as well as a white counterpart to get the same opportunities," he said.

Headingly was temporarily stripped of hosting international matches and the England and Wales Cricket Board put together a plan to tackle racism in the game after he testified.