Cricket Scotland hit by sexism as independent report reveals jarring discoveries

Cricket Scotland has landed within the soup after the publication of the McKinney Report as it raises huge query marks over the perspective of the executive physique in direction of its feminine employees and gamers.

A famend Scottish agency has carried out the 35-page McKinney Report which comes into the image nearly two years after Cricket Scotland emerged as “institutionally racist” by one other independent report, run by Plan4Sport, named “Changing The Boundaries”.

The McKinney Report casts worrying shadows over the functioning of Cricket Scotland as an organisation and claims that it has been adopting a “high degree of prejudice towards female staff and players”. The report considers six main themes i.e. tradition and inclusion, management, common behaviours employment practices and wellbeing, psychological security and sexism and misogyny.

Trudy Lindblade, Cricket Scotland’s CEO, has expressed deep considerations over the perspective prevalent within the organisation and likewise apologised “to every single person who was affected and let down by the governing body”.

“This report is a damning indictment of the treatment of female players and staff within our organisation. It is evident that Cricket Scotland allowed behaviours to take place that were disrespectful, demeaning and deeply concerning, and that these were allowed to continue for a significant period,” Lindblade mentioned in an announcement launched by Cricket Scotland.

“This is totally unacceptable, and I wholeheartedly apologise to each single one who was affected and let down by the governing physique.

“This report also highlights the huge amount of work that we need to do throughout cricket in Scotland to improve the standing of women and girls within our sport,” her assertion learn.

Lindblade has revealed that Cricket Scotland has already began implementing among the suggestions of the McKinney Report and is “committed to making the governing body and our sport welcoming and safe for all women and girls”.

“We are dedicated to creating the governing physique and our sport welcoming and secure for all girls and women, and along with our regional associations and golf equipment we are going to work collectively to make sure there isn’t a place for misogyny, sexism, or discrimination of any type inside our sport. Our new technique, which is to be launched shortly, will put the well being and development of girls and women’ cricket at its forefront. 

“Several of the suggestions from the McKinney Report are already underway, however there may be nonetheless a major quantity of labor to be performed by Cricket Scotland, our areas, and our golf equipment to have an effect on the change that’s wanted. 

“Cricket Scotland now has a robust disciplinary and complaints process in place, and I would strongly urge anyone who has been affected by the findings of the report and who feels they need to raise a complaint to use this process. These recently established processes demonstrate that Cricket Scotland is capable of handling matters in a transparent and considered manner.”