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Sarfraz Ahmed, the Pakistan captain, was charged and suspended by the ICC for four international games after he was caught via the stump mics making a racist comment against the South African all rounder Andile Phehlukwayo in the Durban ODI. Sarfraz accepted the charge related to ICC's Anti-Racism Code.
Sarfraz will miss the last two ODIs of the series against South Africa, including the ongoing game in Johannesburg, and the first two T20Is early next month.
Sarfraz was charged under the Code, namely; "Engaging in 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."
In the second ODI in Durban when Phehlukwayo was batting in the middle, Sarfraz was picked by the mic stump calling the all rounder "black guy" in Urdu. The Pakistan captain's comment literally translated to: "Hey black guy, where's your mother sitting today? What [prayer] have you got her to say for you today?"
The next day, Sarfraz took to Twitter and issued an apology and the Pakistan Cricket Board also made a statement expressing "regret over the remark made by their captain".
Sarfraz will miss the last two ODIs of the series against South Africa, including the ongoing game in Johannesburg, and the first two T20Is early next month.
Sarfraz was charged under the Code, namely; "Engaging in 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."
In the second ODI in Durban when Phehlukwayo was batting in the middle, Sarfraz was picked by the mic stump calling the all rounder "black guy" in Urdu. The Pakistan captain's comment literally translated to: "Hey black guy, where's your mother sitting today? What [prayer] have you got her to say for you today?"
The next day, Sarfraz took to Twitter and issued an apology and the Pakistan Cricket Board also made a statement expressing "regret over the remark made by their captain".