Investigations into racism in Scottish cricket cost over £800k... but with no disciplinary charges being brought and the outcomes unclear, MSP claims the price paid is 'hard to justify'
Investigations into racism in Scottish cricket cost over £800k... but with no disciplinary charges being brought and the outcomes unclear, MSP claims the price paid is 'hard to justify'
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The total cost of the investigations into racism in Scottish cricket spiralled to over £800,000 - although no charges have ever been brought against any individual. Mail Sport can reveal the sum after we made an FOI (Freedom of Information request) to sportscotland, Scotland’s national agency for sport.
![[Louise Tideswell, from Plan4Sport, explains the Changing the Boundaries report]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/16/94601649-14334357-image-a-11_1738081084492.jpg)
The costs covered the Changing the Boundaries report, which found Cricket Scotland to be institutionally racist, and the independent referrals investigation that followed. In total, sportscotland paid £189,000 for the Changing the Boundaries report that was conducted by equality and diversity experts, Plan4Sport.
![[Stewart Harris, then chief executive of sportscotland, with the report into Cricket Scotland]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/16/94601651-14334357-image-a-12_1738081090794.jpg)
A total of £647,849, meanwhile, was paid to legal firms Harper Macleod, Bishop Lloyd & Jackson Solicitors, and to race equality support group Sporting Equals for the independent referrals probe, which was set up to look into referrals by the initial report.
Eighty-seven referrals were generated in relation to 53 allegations of racism against 31 different people, two clubs and two regional associations. The Changing the Boundaries report which shocked Scottish cricket was released in 2022. Louise Tideswell, from Plan4Sport, explains the Changing the Boundaries report.
According to sportscotland, the investigations team reinforced the original findings of the Changing the Boundaries report - and reports with recommendations were then passed to the board of Cricket Scotland to determine what action could and should be taken.
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