Azeem Rafiq spoke to the sports editor of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Sharing his experiences of racism at Yorkshire will be the moment that society as a whole moves in a different direction, says Azeem Rafiq.
The former Yorkshire player told Dan that he was "incredibly relieved" to have given his account of the racist abuse he suffered in two spells at the club.
He said that the game and wider society should listen to his experiences and that they should use this as a "watershed moment" for the future.
Rafiq said his dad told him how proud he was of him after giving his testimony to the MPs.
He said that he should be proud of himself because no amount of runs or wickets could've done what he did.
I have no doubts that racism cost me my career, but I believe in Allah and that everything happens for a reason.
"What I've been able to do and hopefully what we'll all be able to do moving forward will be more powerful than any runs and wickets or World Cup."
Rafiq said that he had received death threats after speaking out last year, claiming that he was close to taking his own life.
"We've had threats throughout, different types, but it comes with the territory," he said.
It's sad but hopefully we can get through it, there's a lot of people in denial.
He said someone tried to make a bomb out of his shop.
He said that they've lived with it all their lives.
"I'm determined that this is going to be looked back as the moment that sport and society as a whole went in a different direction."
Azeem Rafiq played for Yorkshire from 2008 to 2012 and captained the county.
Similar cases will open for floodgates.
Rafiq told the DCMS select committee that he was treated "inhuman" after his son was still-born, and that racist language was "constantly" used at Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
He said the issues he faced at Yorkshire were widespread in domestic cricket.
Rafiq said on Wednesday that he expects the "floodgates" to open and similar cases in county cricket to emerge, and that he had spoken to a few people already.
He would be there for anyone else who came forward, even though the process was horrible and still raw.
"You have to come forward and tell the truth and you will be heard," he said.
I'll stand by you no matter what.
People can take confidence from the fact that people will be believed and heard a lot more.
Zoheb Sharif and Maurice Chambers have both accused the club of racism.
Rafiq speaking up gave him the motivation to talk about the racist abuse he faced himself.
The patience with the ECB is starting to run out.
Tom Harrison, the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board, told the DCMS select committee that the board had struggled to get the first-class game to wake up on racism.
Rafiq said that Harrison only has a few months where we need to see some tangible changes because everyone's patience is starting to run out.
Rafiq said it was easy to throw the book at Yorkshire.
Over the next few days and weeks, we'll find out that it's not just a Yorkshire problem. The buck is with the European Central Bank.
Rafiq said that the PCA and the ECB let him down and that there needs to be accountability at both organizations.
He said that the PCA didn't feel like a trade union to him.
It feels like the game has lost its human touch.
Azeem has shown incredible courage in speaking out, and we are appalled by what he has experienced. This must be a turning point for our game, as his evidence was harrowing.
There is no place for discrimination of any kind in our game. We must learn lessons from these events, and we are thoroughly investigating them.
Rafiq apologized for denying and denying.
Rafiq says the focus should be on institutions, not individuals, and his testimony and witness statement may include allegations against named people.
He claims that former England captain and pundit Michael Vaughan said "too many of you lot, we need to do something about it" to him and three other Asian players at Yorkshire.
Two England and Pakistan players have confirmed the allegation, which Vaughan categorically denies.
Rafiq said that with people in denial there's got to be a level of accountability there and it's for their employers to send out a message - are they going to give a green light to racism or are they going to stamp it out?
I'm disappointed in a lot of people's denials. It may not mean a lot to them, but I can live with that.
To try and completely deny it and make out that it's all made up in my head is very upsetting.
He criticized former chief executive Mark Arthur, who resigned last week, for not attending the hearing, as well as Yorkshire director of cricket Martyn Moxon, who is absent from work with a "stress-related illness."
He said that the Yorkshire members and people still standing by their side should be shown how they have behaved.
You are the problem now that you are standing with them.
Rafiq said he will accept those who apologize.
Rafiq said on Tuesday that David Lloyd, a former captain and England player and later coach, made derogatory comments about Asian cricketers after Rafiq spoke about his experiences on television.
Lloyd apologized and Sky is investigating Rafiq's claims.
Rafiq said that David Lloyd apologized to him personally.
I told him that it hurt me, he was completely out of order, and he didn't know me.
I accept his apology and he's deeply sorry about it.
