Eoin Morgan: Serious issues like Azeem Rafiq racism claims must be met ‘head-on’

Eoin Morgan, pictured, has welcomed the England and Wales Cricket Board’s sanction on Yorkshire (Martin Rickett/PA)

Eoin Morgan is unfussed at attention being directed away from England’s T20 World Cup campaign by Yorkshire’s botched handling of Azeem Rafiq’s racism claims, insisting serious matters such as this “need to be met head-on”.

While England have won all four of their Super 12s games and stand on the brink of a semi-final place in the Gulf, they have slipped under the radar amid an escalating crisis for Yorkshire and cricket in the country as a whole.