Facebook Twitter Pinterest Soldiers patrol outside the Gaddafi Stadium in the buildup to Pakistan taking on a World XI. “You’ve just got to try to somehow put that to the back of your mind and watch the ball,” Du Plessis says. Caught on camera applying a touch of sugary spit from a mint to a ball in the second Test, Du Plessis was charged with ball-tampering not by the match referee but by the ICC chief executive, Dave Richardson. Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty ImagesAmla and Morkel, in Lahore with the World XI, have been linked with similar retirements but Du Plessis has had personal assurances from the pair it is untrue. “It’s a huge honour to be here as it’s not often when you are playing cricket in a cause which is much bigger than the game,” Du Plessis tells a press conference later in the day.

Source: The Guardian September 11, 2017 13:39 UTC