Amjad alleges that, when 16, a member of staff referenced his Pakistani heritage when criticising his batting style. "The Afghan female footballers are well-known figures in the country," said Khalida Popal, a former captain of Afghanistan's national women's team who has led evacuation efforts for female athletes. "I think it's down to an accumulation of working with the same manager, the same staff and doing the right things off the pitch, whether that be in the gym or watching clips back or anything like that. The manager has always been on at me to get in the six-yard box and goalscoring positions more often and I've tried to do that more than ever this season and it seems to be paying off. Patel apologised to Rafiq on Monday over the county's "flawed" 12-month investigation into his racism and bullying allegations and revealed that Yorkshire had settled a separate employment tribunal with the former player.