london michael vaughans lawyer said allegations of racism made against the former england captain by azeem rafiq are word against word at a hearing in london on thursdaypakistanborn rafiq 32 first raised allegations of racism and bullying in september 2020 related to his two spells at yorkshire county cricket clubhe told british lawmakers in december 2022 that the abuse he and his family had faced had forced him to leave the ukvaughan and fellow former yorkshire players matthew hoggard tim bresnan john blain andrew gale and richard pyrah all face charges related to the use of racially discriminatory languagethe case against vaughan was heard by the cricket discipline commission panel on day two of the hearing on thursdayecb lawyer jane mulcahy repeated the allegation that vaughan on the outfield prior to a twenty20 match between yorkshire and nottinghamshire at trent bridge on june 22 2009 remarked about four asian players that theres too many of you lotthe players were his yorkshire teammates rafiq adil rashid rana naved ulhasan and ajmal shahzadmulcahy said the ecb england and wales cricket board contends that vaughan made the alleged comment and therefore caused prejudice or disrepute to cricketvaughans lawyer confirmed the 48yearold denies the charge and said the burden of proof was on the ecbmr vaughan cannot recall precisely what he said but is clear the words used and in the context used are unacceptable said christopher stonermr vaughan is adamant he did not use themstoner said sky tv footage was inconsistent with anything untoward being saidhe added that vaughans autobiography makes reference to that game and that the four asian players who played is the start of things to come and good for yorkshire cricketthe alleged comment was not said at the time and including at the end of the game where it would quite obviously have been discussed even between friends even if it did not become formally reported he saidit was not in fact mentioned by anyone for a period of 11 years now 14 years after the event it is word against wordrashid was then called as a witness via a video link from bangladesh where he is currently playing in a one day international series for englandthe spin bowler said he could not remember the result at trent bridge but said he took zero wickets he said he could not remember what the weather was likestoner asked rashid you say what mr vaughan said on that day was a poor attempt at humour to which rashid replied yes that is correcti can take you through your witness statement and say that as far as you are concerned mr vaughan is not racist added stoneryep thats correct said rashidvaughan is the only one of the cricketers charged by the ecb over bringing the game into disrepute set to attend the cdc hearing over the next weekthe ecb brought charges against seven individuals and yorkshire in june last yearanother player gary ballance has already admitted a charge related to the use