But it said its findings “in no way undermine the wider claim made by Rafiq”, who told MPs in November 2021 that English cricket was “institutionally racist”.
The CDC report said in its closing remarks: “This is not a case that requires the panel to conclude that someone lied or acted with malice.
“Far from this, the Panel had to consider whether the case presented by the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) was, in the light of all the evidence, sufficiently accurate and credible to, on the balance of probabilities, rule mistake for. It was not.