Piers Morgan and Azeem Rafiq in bitter spat after Michael Vaughan cleared in racism case
But Vaughan was cleared of using racist language "on the balance of probabilities" on Friday following an eight-day Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) hearing earlier this month. The CDC panel's findings concluded that the ECB's case against Vaughan could not be proven. Former Yorkshire players Matthew Hoggard, Tim Bresnan, Andrew Gale, Richard Pyrah and John Blain were all found liable of using racist and/or discriminatory language, but Morgan has taken exception with Rafiq for what he has alleged as a "smear campaign" against 48-year-old Vaughan.