In a press release published Thursday, the regulator revealed their investigations – which included declarations of witnesses to several players and the Bradburn’s own interview with the regulator – had found evidence to maintain three specific allegations which included the accusation.
He was allegedly allegedly alleged, especially in the locker room of Sophia Gardens during the 2024 pre-season, Bradburn asked players to the Asian history what was their “real age”, by responding to their response by saying “is that your cricinity age”, “cricinfo” or similar. The suggestion was that Asian players lie on their age.
At a pre-season team meeting, Bradburn suggested that selection decisions in Pakistan were made by choosing their friends and names of a hat. Bradburn had already occupied a certain number of roles with Pakistan, including a six-month passage as a chief coach.
Bradburn would also have used the expression “It is not the Western storm” (the domestic side of women now disappeared in the southwest of England and the Wales which were often based in Cardiff) or similar during training sessions, suggesting that male players “threw as girls” when he thought he was demonstrating a lack of intensity in the exercises.
The regulator also found that the comment “Western Storm” had started as a private joke with another coach and recognized that he had been picked up and used by the players. In the context of the ECB’s objective of making cricket the most inclusive sport in the country, this has been determined as an aggravating factor considering Bradburn’s influence on the culture of the team in its role as head coach. Such comments were not made when made in the company of Western Storm players.
Bradburn admitted the accusation of denigrating the game – a violation of Regulation 3.3 of the Rules of Professional Driving 2024 – with the regulator accepting that he did not intend to provoke his words.
CDC referee Tim O’gorman, issued a reprimand to Bradburn, caution as to his future conduct, an obligation to ensure an appropriate course on discrimination and EDI – with the Professional Cricket Association or the New Zealand Players Association – and a suspended fine of £ 500.
The punishment inflicted reflects the fact that Bradburn never denied having made the incriminated and cooperated statements fully with the investigation, and apologized without reservation for any infringement taken. The magnitude of the fine also reflects the fact that Bradbun had already paid an important price for his actions after losing his role of coaching with Glamorgan.
The director of the Cricket regulator, Chris Hay, said: “There is no room for discrimination in cricket and the normalization of discriminatory language through this type of conduct is unacceptable. When such cases are identified, they will be studied and those responsible will be taken into account.
“The regulator fully approves the observation of the CDC according to which culture in any organization is strongly influenced by those who direct this organization and therefore it is particularly incumbent on all senior leaders to set the right tone. In this case, Grant Bradburn has not met expectations.
“The regulator would like to thank Glamorgan for their help in this case and praise the opening and the courage of those who reported this fault.
“The removal of the discrimination of the game is a priority for the cricket regulator. We recognize that it takes a lot of courage for those who manifest themselves.
In a statement published by Glamorgan, CEO Dan Cherry said: “Glamorgan Cricket recognizes and welcomes this decision by the cricket discipline committee.
“We have a zero tolerance policy towards discriminatory behavior, so as soon as the problems were reported to us, we acted quickly to protect people affected and show a strong line against the bad behavior that does not reflect the values of the club.
“We are convinced that the systems and processes that we have in place to identify bad behavior work due to the fact that affected people felt able to manifest themselves on these points.”
Bradburn had supervised Glamorgan’s success in the Metro Bank One Day Cup during his only season in charge. The county also finished sixth in division two of the County and group T20 Blast South championship.
