Azeem Rafiq and Andrew Gale among five reprimanded for historic social media posts

Rafiq previously apologized for a 2011 Facebook exchange containing anti-Semitic messages.

Former coach Gale was suspended by Yorkshire for a 2010 tweet.

England hitter Danni Wyatt, Somerset's Jack Brooks and Birmingham Phoenix's Eve Jones were also reprimanded.

All five admitted the posts.

Allegations made by former Yorkshire spinner Rafiq, 31 , sparked the racism scandal that has dogged English cricket for much of the past two years.

His Facebook posts were revealed in November 2021, when he said he had "absolutely no apology".

According to the plai ms made by Rafiq, Gale was one of 16 people to have their jobs terminated by the Yo rkshire in December.

He had been suspended for the tweet in question the previous month. At the time, he said he was "completely unaware" of the offensiveness of the term used and deleted the tweet as soon as he learned of it.

Gale, 38, faces further charges from the ECB, but says he will 'not engage' in disciplinary proceedings .

Somerset fast bowler Jack Brooks, also 38, has been found guilty of using a racist term in two tweets which were deleted in November last year after being highlighted in a newspaper article.< /p>

Wyatt, 31, and 30-year-old Jones, posed with black makeup on their faces in a photo posted to Instagram in 2013 and deleted in April 2021 after a complaint from a member of the public.

'Tougher times ahead'

Analysis by BBC Sport Cricket Editor Stephan Shemilt

This is the latest episode in the racism scandal that has torn English cricket apart and is far from finished.

While the indiscretions of Rafiq, Gale and Brooks were already in the public domain , the wrongdoings of Wyatt and Jones are new revelations.

In the Jones case, the ECB admitted than it was before she was a professional cricketer.

There are tougher times to come, too. Former Yorkshire physio Wayne Morton, one of 16 licensed from the club, takes his case to the High Court as ECB charges against Yorkshire, Gale and others are to be heard before the end of the year.

The Independent Commission for Fairness in Cricket is also currently drafting a report based on the collection of thousands of pieces of evidence. The ECB has acknowledged that the report is likely to make reading uncomfortable.