Luthra tweeted a statement on Friday morning expressing his disagreement with the way SportScotland – the body overseeing his appointment as chairman – wanted to run cricket, claiming it was bowing to “the demands of a lobby group and a handful of individuals”. associated with them – even if it means negatively impacting the wider sport and community”.
Cricket Scotland was given special measures last year after the Changing the Boundaries report found 448 examples of institutional racism at play.
Luthra said in a six-month update earlier in March that progress had been made on diversity, but his comments were criticized by the anti-racism organization Running out Racism. According to the BBC, four members of Cricket Scotland’s equality and anti-racism working group subsequently resigned in protest.
“Cricket Scotland can announce that Anjan Luthra has stepped down as chairman with immediate effect,” the board said in a statement. “The organization thanks Anjan for his hard work and input during his time as chairman.”
As well as not having a chairman, Cricket Scotland is also currently without a CEO, after it was announced that interim CEO Gordon Arthur would step down for personal reasons at the end of April.