Overview
- Cricket Scotland’s board lifted Blain’s Hall of Fame suspension on March 3 after a submission led by president Omar Henry with panel member Sanjay Patel.
- Reinstatement is conditional on Blain completing equality, diversity and inclusion training.
- Blain’s Hall of Fame status was paused in 2022 during an independent review into historical racism allegations, including claims he used a slur on a 2007 Kenya tour.
- Cricket Scotland said the Scotland-specific complaints were not taken forward due to insufficient evidence, no applicable rule at the time, or lack of jurisdiction, and a letter from the former CEO described them as unfounded.
- A separate Cricket Discipline Commission case over Blain’s time at Yorkshire was upheld in 2023 with a £5,000 fine, a reprimand and mandatory training, which he denies.