County Cricket Club Essex is under fire after one of their players was pictured pouring alcohol over his Muslim teammate while celebrating their Bob Willis Trophy victory. While many demanded that the club issued an apology, the club stopped short of doing so, saying that "further work needs to be done across both sport and society in general, to widen people's knowledge and make them more aware of cultural differences".

The photographs of the players celebrating on balcony of their dressing room at Lord's showed Feroze Khushi having beer poured over him by a team mate. "As an organisation, Essex County Cricket Club prides themselves on their work within multi-diverse communities throughout the county and the surrounding areas," said Essex in a statement.