First-class counties are being asked to sign up to a 12-point action plan to improve the situation within the game after Azeem Rafiq's evidence on Tuesday in front of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee. "In these messages, I referred to allegations about Azeem Rafiq which I had heard from within the game. I also made some comments about the Asian cricket community. A strict interpretation of the rule probably meant the decision was correct, but the American duo did not instigate the intervention and there were suggestions that, as it may not have been in the spirit of the game, they could have allowed Europe to win the next hole - as has happened occasionally in football when teams have allowed opponents to walk in a goal - and level the match up once again. World No 1 Nelly Korda, fresh from her Olympic gold medal, claimed a point from that match against Sagstrom and Koerstz Madsen, but she had been beaten 1up alongside her sister Jessica in the morning foursomes by Mel Reid and Leona Maguire when the USA's star pairing had been billed as strong favourites.