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Ahmed ‘sorry’ for comments heard on stump mic

By Jon Couch

Apology: Pakistan’s Sarfraz Ahmed

PAKISTAN captain Sarfraz Ahmed has apologised after being accused of making a racist remark towards South African player Andile Phehlukwayo.
The 31-year-old was heard making the comment through the stump microphone during Tuesday’s second one-day international in Durban.
Sarfraz was alleged to have used the Urdu word ‘kaale’, meaning ‘black’, prompting the International Cricket Council to open an investigation.
“I certainly had no intention of upsetting anyone,” he wrote on Twitter. “I wi...

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