Cricket’s stakeholders meet as racism crisis deepens

Under-fire ECB chief executive Tom Harrison will lead a game-wide meeting at The Oval on Friday (Hollie Adams/PA)

A game-wide meeting will take place on Friday as cricket tries to get a grip on the racism scandal which has engulfed it this week.

Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston warned on Thursday the sport had to get its house in order in regard to discrimination and said the “nuclear option” was to introduce an independent regulator.