The transfer comes in the wake of an preliminary two-day listening to in October, with Tim O’Gorman, the chair of the CDC, confirming on Wednesday that an exception to the physique’s ordinary protocols would be permitted, given the numerous public curiosity the case has generated.
The ECB is known to have argued towards the transfer, provided that a lot of its proof was gathered on the understanding of anonymity and should now be inadmissible. However, their submissions have been over-ruled, with the listening to now anticipated to get underway on November 28.
Vaughan had steadfastly denied the claims, with the Telegraph, the newspaper for which he’s a columnist, reporting that he’s “happy for the proceedings to be held in public and will appear in person to defend himself”.
Responding to the news in a press release on Twitter, Rafiq wrote: “I’m pleased the CDC has agreed that this is too important an issue to be held behind closed doors. It is something I have made very clear from the offset [and] throughout to the ECB. Such openness is vital if the sport is to learn from previous mistakes and root out institutional racism. I believe this decision is in the best interests of cricket and I confirm that I will give evidence at the hearing.”
A follow-up to the parliamentary hearings in which Rafiq made lots of his claims is about to be held on December 13, with the DCMS choose committee asserting it can maintain a contemporary proof session to study cricket’s response to the disaster.