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EIGHT Pakistan players, including maverick former captain Shahid Afridi, have been fined for breaching a team curfew ahead of their crucial World Cup game against India.
They have also been warned that a repeat offence will see them kicked out of the tournament which starts tomorrow.
“Eight of the Pakistan players, which also included former captain Shahid Afridi and opener Ahmed Shehzad, were fined 300 Australian dollars (US$230) after they came late to their Sydney hotel on Sunday,” sources in the Pakistan team said on condition of anonymity.
The team management, headed by manager Naveed Cheema, a former military man, claimed the players arrived 45 minutes late after a night out. “These players went with their friends for dinner but came back late,” said a team source.
The players apologized and have promised not to repeat the offence. Team management have told the players that if such a breach was repeated they will be sent home on the first available flight.
Pakistan is placed in Group B of the 14-team World Cup which starts in New Zealand and Australia from tomorrow. It plays its first group game against arch-rival and title-holder India in Adelaide on Sunday.
In New Zealand, children mingled with cricketing greats in “backyard” matches and Maori warriors shared the stage with morris dancers as the Cricket World Cup opened yesterday with a vibrant and quirky ceremony in Christchurch. Thousands of fans crammed leafy Hagley Park to see the launch of the first World Cup in New Zealand and Australia in 23 years.
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