Scotland’s national agency for sport, sportscotland, has today (Monday 23 January) published a further interim update into the progress made by Cricket Scotland following an independent review into racism in the sport.
The Plan4Sport Changing The Boundaries report concluded that the governance and leadership practices of Cricket Scotland to be institutionally racist. This followed an in-depth consultation process with close to 1,000 direct engagements from a broad cross-section of all levels of the sport in Scotland.
Plan4Sport found 448 separate examples of racism, discrimination within Scottish cricket. More than half of those (246) related to policies and procedures across the sport, which created a culture where individuals were discriminated against, while 202 detailed individual concerns relating to direct racism, discrimination and inequalities.
Changing The Boundaries contained three immediate high-level recommendations, with associated sub-recommendations. Today’s interim update provides an overview of progress against each of the recommendations, with sportscotland committing to further public updates in April, July and October this year.
Please visit the January update page for details of progress to date.
Chief Executive of sportscotland, Forbes Dunlop, said: “It is clear that Cricket Scotland has made progress since publication of the Changing The Boundaries report but we should never lose sight of why we are here; real and meaningful cultural change is required in Scottish cricket.
“The diversity and skillset of recent Cricket Scotland Board appointments is a significant step forward for the sport and shows a new approach to governance and leadership. However, it is vital that the organisation continues to make progress and we look forward to the Board being strengthened over the coming months.
“The next few months are crucial for the future of Scottish cricket. As the national agency for sport we are here to help the rebuilding process. At the same time, we need to see continued progress particularly in relation to the development of the anti-racism and EDI strategy and there must be thorough consultation in this regard.
“We will continue to work with all partners to ensure Cricket Scotland deliver on all recommendations in the Changing The Boundaries report.”