Former Scotland cricketer Majid Haq claims he has been racially discriminated in opposition to after his elimination from a world umpiring appointment.
Haq additionally claims to have been the sufferer of harassment and victimisation as a result of color of his pores and skin.
It follows a call made by the Cricket Scotland Match Officers Affiliation (CSMOA) to take away him from his duties as an umpire for Scotland’s fixture in opposition to Nepal earlier this month.
Haq has lodged an official grievance through his consultant to the CSMOA and Cricket Scotland following the choice. Sky Sports activities Information has seen the correspondence.
Cricket Scotland says it was an operational resolution by the CSMOA, who’re a separate entity, and that Haq’s grievance will likely be assessed.
Haq was as a consequence of be the primary Scottish-born South Asian to officiate a world fixture within the nation, as Scotland A took on Nepal.
Nevertheless, within the lead-up to the match, the CSMOA determined to exchange him for a variety of causes Haq believes display he’s being handled in another way as a consequence of his background.
Haq revealed to Sky Sports activities Information in 2021 that he had suffered racial abuse as a participant, and that resulted in an unbiased assessment, which discovered that Cricket Scotland’s governance and management practices have been institutionally racist.
An e mail seen by Sky Sports activities Information reveals the explanations supplied to Haq embody his failure to buy the required equipment, non-payment of membership charges and failure to attend an internet pre-match assembly.
Nevertheless, the previous Scotland participant insists he had already been given the required equipment by a fellow umpire and was in possession of it forward of the match. In the meantime, {a photograph} from later that week seems to point out different umpires officiating whereas sporting the fallacious equipment.
Haq additionally claims he was given lower than 24 hours discover to attend the assembly, and when notifying the CSMOA that he couldn’t dial into the decision as a consequence of a tennis match at the moment, he was faraway from the fixture.
Nevertheless, it’s claimed there was one other umpire who was concerned within the collection that was allowed to make different plans after being unavailable for a similar assembly. He additionally says he had paid his membership charges prematurely of the match, when it was raised as a difficulty that would cease him officiating.
Cricket Scotland helps the CSMOA in some areas, however the organisations are separate entities and Cricket Scotland insists it didn’t make the choice about Haq’s elimination from the fixture.
A Cricket Scotland spokesperson advised Sky Sports activities Information: “We have received a complaint on behalf of Majid Haq.
“As per Cricket Scotland’s complaints coverage and course of, the grievance will likely be assessed and a willpower made on what the following steps are.”
The CSMOA declined to comment when approached by Sky Sports News.
Haq made 75 appearances for Scotland between 2006 and 2015
In an announcement to Sky Sports activities Information, Haq stated: “I hoped the independent review that unearthed examples of racism within cricket in Scotland would act as a watershed moment for the sport.
“Nevertheless, I’m now being victimised in my position as an umpire, similar to I used to be discriminated in opposition to when taking part in for my nation.
“The incident that saw me taken off duties to umpire an international fixture for the first time has been deeply upsetting.
“If one other umpire have been in my place, they might not have been handled this fashion.
“It hurts that in 2025, I still find myself being discriminated against. All I want to do is help the sport that I love.”
