Lord Patel makes `difficult 決定／判定勝ち（する）´ to step 負かす／撃墜する as Yorkshire 議長，司会を務める
Lord Kamlesh Patel will step 負かす／撃墜する as 議長，司会を務める of Yorkshire at the club’s next 年次の general 会合.
Lord Patel joined Yorkshire in November 2021 に引き続いて the fallout from Azeem Rafiq’s 主張s the previous year of 人種差別主義者 治療 while at the 郡.
Patel oversaw a period of 改革（する） that resulted in international cricket returning to Headingley and a 焦点（を合わせる） on 改善するing equality, 多様制 and 傾向 but also saw the 出発 of a 重要な number of staff.
“It has been an honour and a 特権 to work for such a prestigious organisation,” he said in a club 声明.
“I have made the difficult 決定／判定勝ち（する） to step aside at the next AGM and enable the club to continue on its important 旅行 of change under a new 議長，司会を務める.
“I would like to thank those members who have been hugely supportive of the changes that the board have introduced at Headingley. I would also like to thank the staff and board members who have all worked tirelessly during what has been a transformational period in Yorkshire’s history.
Lord Kamlesh Patel will step 負かす／撃墜する from the 役割 he took up in November 2021 (Danny Lawson/PA)
“There is still much for the club to do, but I have the strongest 約束 that Yorkshire will be 支援する at the pinnacle of English cricket for the long 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語.”
The 出発s of high-profile staff members, 含むing the entire coaching team, 証明するd 高度に 議論の的になる and Yorkshire agreed 高くつく／犠牲の大きい 解決／入植地 一括s after 受託するing the 解雇／（訴訟の）却下s were procedurally 不公平な.
Patel said he has no 悔いるs, though, telling The Cricketer: “It was 絶対 the 権利 thing to do. By instinct, I always want to take people with me on the 旅行. But some people wouldn’t 受託する the extent of the problem or the need to change. We had to move on without them.
“It wasn’t just about Azeem, either. I spoke to hundreds of people who had 苦しむd in a 類似の way. But they won’t come 今後 as they have seen what happened to Azeem.
“And it wasn’t all institutional 人種差別主義. There was some very 審議する／熟考する, very conscious 人種差別主義.”
Patel has 直面するd strong 批評 for his 役割 in the events of the last year, and he said: “My hope is that, when I go, I will take the 批評 with me and the new 管理／経営 at the club will be able to move 今後 without any of that baggage.
“We had a small group of people who 手配中の，お尋ね者 to find procedural 障害s to 妨害する our 進歩, and we have had to spend many hours and much money to 反対する them.
“Ironically, I would have left the club much quicker ? which seems to be what they want ? had they not tried so hard to derail me.”
Rafiq tweeted his 賞賛する for Patel, 説: “So much to say on this but for now ? Lord Kamlesh Patel should be thanked for making sure @YorkshireCCC (has) still got the lights on.”
Stephen Vaughan was 任命するd 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある at Yorkshire in November while Darren Gough took on the 役割 of managing director on a 永久の basis.
Vaughan s 援助（する）: “Kamlesh should be 極端に proud of what he has 達成するd at Headingley during his 任期 as 議長，司会を務める. The structures that have been put in place are 決定的な in 確実にするing that Yorkshire is a club that people are proud to be associated with.”
