Afridi, Shehzad and six others fined AUD300 each

Players penalised by the Pakistan Cricket Board for breaking curfew.

SYDNEY: 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, sources told AFP on Thursday.

They have also been warned that a repeat offence will see them kicked out of the tournament which starts on Saturday.

“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 told AFP 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 are understood to have apologised and have promised not to repeat the offence, which would see them sent home on the first flight back.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 13^th, 2015.

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