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ICC suspends Pak captain Sarfaraz for four matches over racist comment
The incident took place during South Africa’s chase, in the 37th over, when Phehlukwayo got a lucky break as he inside edged a delivery from Shaheen Afridi to the deep fine leg region for a single.
Dubai: International Cricket Council, on Sunday has suspended Pakistan Cricket team captain Sarfaraz Ahmed for four matches after he accepted that he was in breach of ICC’s Anti-Racism Code for Participants after he made a racist remark at South Africa's Andile Phehlukwayo during the second ODI in Durban on Tuesday.
Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed suspended for 4 matches after accepting that he was in breach of ICC’s Anti-Racism Code for Participants following the incident where he aimed a comment at South Africa's Andile Phehlukwayo during 2nd ODI against South Africa on Tuesday. (file pic) pic.twitter.com/r2FbHAPb1x
— ANI (@ANI) January 27, 2019
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The incident took place during South Africa’s chase, in the 37th over, when Phehlukwayo got a lucky break as he inside edged a delivery from Shaheen Afridi to the deep fine leg region for a single. He was batting on 50 at the time and as he got to the non-striker’s end, Sarfraz could be heard saying in Urdu, “Abey kaale, teri ammi aaj kahaan baitheen hain? Kya parwa ke aaye hai aaj?”
Which translates to: “Hey black guy, where’s your mother sitting today? What has she prayed for your luck today?”
This led to an immediate reaction in the commentary box where commentator Mike Haysman asked former Pakistan Ramiz Raja what Sarfraz was saying.
To which Raja replied, “Difficult really to translate that, it’s a big long sentence.”
It is to be mentioned that the ICC code of conduct for player's behavior or the ICC's anti-racism code is described as "any conduct (whether through the use of language, gestures or otherwise) which is likely to offend, insult, humiliate, intimidate, threaten, disparage or vilify any reasonable person in the position of a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee, Umpire Support Personnel or any other person (including a spectator) on the basis of their race, religion, culture, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin."
