RICHARD PYRAH, who was found guilty of making racist comments about an Asian woman, has returned to Yorkshire as the head coach of the county’s senior women’s team.

Pyrah was handed a two-week coaching ban and a £2,500 fine by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) in May last year after it was found he had breached ECB directive 3.3, which governs acts or omissions which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or bring the game into disrepute.

The CDC found it proven that Pyrah had used racist and discriminatory language about Asian women, namely that he had referred to Azeem Rafiq’s sister Amna as a “fit P***” or an “FP” at a Yorkshire media day in 2014 in Rafiq’s presence, and on other occasions in 2014 and/or 2018.