Former England captain Michael Vaughan will not be taking part in the BBC program on the Ashes in Australia.
47 years old, who has stand down from his BBC Radio 5 Live show earlier in November, will also not participate in the “wider coverage of the sport at the moment”.
Vaughan has repeatedly denied the charges against him.
England will play five matches against Australia, the first of which begins on December 8 in Brisbane.
Vaughan joined the BBC’s Test Match Special radio team as a convener in 2009.
“While he is involved in an important story in cricket, for editorial reasons we do not believe that Michael Vaughan has a role in our Ashes team or the wider scope of the sport. is appropriate at this time”. .
“We ask our contributors to talk about relevant topics and his involvement in the Yorkshire story presents a conflict of interest.”
Azeem Rafiq accused Vaughan of saying “too many of you, we need to do something about that” to him and three other players during a County Championship game for Yorkshire in 2009.
Rafiq’s account is supported by former Pakistani pitcher Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and British long-legged jumper Adil Rashid, who said they had heard the comment.
Fourth player in the group – bowler Ajmal Shahzad – former told Daily Mail he has no recollection of the event and “sunbaenims were really nice to me”.
Vaughan wrote in his Daily Telegraph column that he “totally deny” make comments.
In a statement released in early November, Vaughan said: “I categorically deny saying the words attributed to me by Azeem Rafiq and would like to make this public again because the ‘you are very much’ comment simply hasn’t been. never happen.
“It is extremely upsetting that this completely false accusation is brought against me by a former team-mate, seemingly supported by two other players.
“I contacted six other players from that team and none of them have any recollection of the comment that was made.”
Rafiq criticized Vaughan when he appeared before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports selection panel earlier in November.
“It’s important to Michael that we don’t reveal everything about Michael,” Rafiq said of Vaughan’s column, where the former England captain revealed he was named in the Yorkshire inquest.
