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Essex racism case: Club fined £100,000 after admitting racism charges following allegations from 2001-2010

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Essex have been fined Â100,000 after admitting charges relating to the "systemic" use of racist language or conduct at the club between 2001 and 2010 .

The club were charged by the Cricket Regulator in June , having been alleged to have brought the game into "disrepute" Essex are the second county cricket club in England to be punished following racism allegations in the past two years .

Yorkshire were docked 48 points in the County Championship and four in the T20 Blast for their handling of the Azeem Rafiq scandal.

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English

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