Passport oversight leaves ECB red in the face

8220;I can only apologise to everybody concerned 8212; the players from both teams are absolutely devastated with what8217;s happened today,8221; Moxon told the BBC. Rafiq is understood to have been eligible to play for Yorkshire at every level below the first team 8212; but he bowled two overs against Notts.

The ECB8217;s disciplinary commission will meet on Thursday to determine what action should be taken against Yorkshire. Chief executive David Collier insisted that the ECB could not have taken any other course of action other than postpone the match.

8220;I don8217;t think we could have done any more than what we8217;ve been doing today,8221; he told Sky Sports 1 television.

8220;It has been a mad rush. The worst would have been to just ignore it and act as though nothing had happened and let the game go ahead with the knowledge that the game may well have to be replayed.8221;