Azeem wished he had addressed the racist comments sooner instead of waiting.

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Michael Vaughan attended the second day of the CDC panel hearing at the International Arbitration Centre in London. Azeem Rafiq admitted that he cannot explain why there is a difference between the two versions he has provided of the alleged racist comment by Vaughan towards him and three other Asian players. Rafiq stated that the first version, which was 'There's too many of you lot, we need to do something about it', contained the discriminatory part and that he takes full responsibility for the mistake. When questioned as to why there was a discrepancy, he replied that he had no explanation. The cross-examination of Rafiq and Adil Rashid focused on the phrase 'you lot' and their memories of a T20 match against Nottinghamshire almost 14 years ago. Rashid described the comment as 'bad humour' which did not offend him. Vaughan will defend himself in the hearing today. Rafiq concluded by saying that he wishes he had spoken out at the time and that anyone who has ever done so knows how difficult it can be.

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