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Piers Morgan and Azeem Rafiq in bitter spat after Michael Vaughan cleared in racism case

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But Vaughan was cleared of using racist language "on the balance of probabilities" on Friday following an eight-day Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) hearing earlier this month.

The CDC panel's findings concluded that the ECB's case against Vaughan could not be proven. Former Yorkshire players Matthew Hoggard, Tim Bresnan, Andrew Gale, Richard Pyrah and John Blain were all found liable of using racist and/or discriminatory language, but Morgan has taken exception with Rafiq for what he has alleged as a "smear campaign" against 48-year-old Vaughan.

Outspoken television presenter and avid cricket fan Morgan, who in January called for Vaughan to be reinstated as a pundit by the BBC, alleged on Twitter on Saturday that Rafiq "did all he could to destroy Michael Vaughan because he knew that would get him most media attention, and distract from his own anti-Semitic racism. "Rafiq was formally reprimanded by the ECB in October last year for "racist and discriminatory conduct" and accepted an ECB charge following a Facebook exchange in 2011 that contained anti-Semitic messages.

He had previously apologised for his comments. The 32-year-old told Morgan to "have a day off" in response to his tweet, but the presenter issued a strong retort: "You didn’t give Michael Vaughan a day off with your shameful smear campaign against him. "He’s gone through hell for 18 months.

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