The England and Wales Cricket Board investigated over 200 complaints of alleged discrimination in 2021.
The ECB has made 12 commitments promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and has posted updates on his progress.
He said a new system for handling discrimination complaints had “taken longer than expected”.
Still, he said 208 complaints were received last year, all of which were investigated.
There were 36 separate cases – some involving multiple allegations – in recreational cricket referred for further investigation. Of these, 12 are still under investigation while 24 have been concluded.
They involved 65 allegations of discrimination, 14 of which were substantiated during the investigation process – 47 were unfounded and six withdrawn or undetermined.
The figures come after the ECB pledged to adopt a “one-size-fits-all approach” to whistleblowing in cricket and create a “better culture of reporting and handling complaints” which will be managed by a new anti-discrimination unit.
The ECB said “full delivery” of the unit has “took longer than expected”, but a director has been appointed and “the implementation plan is being finalised”.
“The ECB expects phase one of the implementation plan to be operational by the end of December 2022, followed by phase two by spring 2023,” she said.
There is another DCMS session on racism in cricket before MPs on Tuesday.
Last month, disciplinary proceedings relating to charges brought against Yorkshire and seven people have been postponed to next year.
The ECB is also committed to continuing anti-discrimination training and around 4,500 people completed the training in 2022, including 97% of ECB employees.
Dressing room culture has been overhauled for 30 teams in the men’s and women’s national matches, as well as the England women’s, men’s cue ball and handicap teams. The final session will be with the England men’s red ball team before the end of 2022.
The percentage of ethnically diverse boys and girls in youth academies has increased, as has ethnic diversity on club boards (from 5% to 17%), while the representation of women on tips tripled (from 11% to 33%).
Women’s cricket on the rise
Following the success of the Women’s Hundred and the England National Team, the ECB has announced that the number of clubs offering women and girls the opportunity to play has increased by 12% since 2019 (to 1,050 in total) , while there was a 75% increase in the number of female and female teams (3,586).
Since 2019, there has been a 54% increase in the number of people attending women’s fixtures in England and the number of female Hundred ticket buyers has increased from 21% to 28%.
Elsewhere, free cricket is played in an additional 300 schools in socio-economically deprived areas, along with another 200 schools with special educational needs, while 104 clubs regularly offer disabled cricket, up from 36 in 2020.
One of the ECB’s programs aimed at increasing ethnic diversity in cricket is called Dream Big, which is co-funded by Sport England and has seen 2,109 South Asian women volunteer as role models at grassroots level, while 33% of participants in ECB coaching courses have been from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
