Ex-England duo to join Yorkshire in new-look coaching setup after racism scandal

According to reports, Yorkshire are set to reveal two new additions to their coaching staff as the club looks to move forward after being rocked by a racism scandal

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Yorkshire are set to bring in two England internationals to join the backroom team after culling the entire coaching team in the wake of the racism scandal which engulfed the club.

The club, along with all of domestic cricket, was rocked when Azeem Rafiq came forward to detail the racist abuse he endured during two separate spells at Headingley as a player.

Those revelations forced the club into a major shake-up, which involved changes from top to bottom after it was heavily criticised for its initial weak response to the allegations.

A swathe of sponsors cut ties with the club after a panel described abuse detailed in a report as “banter”, causing chairman Roger Hutton to resign and was later replaced by Lord Patel.

Not long after he was installed, the entire coaching team departed the club including director of cricket Martyn Moxon and head coach Andrew Gale.

Earlier this week former West Indies all-rounder Ottis Gibson was announced as the club’s new head coach, who has the task of uniting the dressing room with many players considering leaving the scandal-hit club.

Yorkshire had been struggling to recruit full-time coaches to join him, but appear to have got two of their targets now.

According to The Cricketer, former England internationals Kabir Ali and Jim Troughton are set to be announced as assistant coaches to Gibson “in the coming days”.

Troughton has previous experience at head coaching level with Warwickshire, and had been shortlisted for a similar role at Middlesex.

He is expected to be a batting coach, having also been in that job for Somerset in the past.

During his playing days, he was a one-club man representing Warwickshire for the entirety of his first-class career, while also playing in a handful of one-day internationals for England.

Meanwhile, Kabir is a bowling consultant who has experience of working in leagues around the world, including the Indian Premier League at T20 level.

He played in 14 ODIs for England, and made one Test appearance against South Africa at Headingley in 2003.

The report also claims there have been many enquiries from high-profile names who were interested in taking on some of the roles available at Yorkshire, including Allan Donald and Inzamam-ul-Haq.