Afridi banned for two T20 matches: reports
January 31st, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANSKarachi, Jan 31 (IANS) International Cricket Council (ICC) Sunday banned Pakistan’s skipper Shahid Afridi for two Twenty20 matches, Geo TV reported.
Afridi, who was leading the side in the final One-day International (ODI) against Australia in the absence of an injured Mohammad Yousuf, was caught by TV cameras appearing to chew on one side of the white ball, shortly before the umpires changed it at the end of the 45th over.
Afridi admitted the charge, after which the match referee slapped the ban, the Karachi- based television channel reported.
Coach Inftikhab Alam described the ban as ‘unfortunate’.
Afridi has a chequered disciplinary history. He was banned for a Test and two one-dayers back in 2005 for for deliberately damaging the pitch during a Test match against England,
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