- Mohammad Hafeez guilty of act he’d fine players for
- Slip-up occurred after Boxing Day Test in Melbourne
- Team director has recently cracked down on bad behaviour
Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez, who has recently cracked down on players behaving badly, has suffered the embarrassment of missing his flight from Melbourne to Sydney for Pakistan’s final Test against Australia.
Pakistan and Australia wrap up their three-match series at the SCG, with veteran opener David Warner playing his final Test.
According to reports, Hafeez was supposed to travel with the team but missed the flight from Melbourne.
Hafeez, who was travelling with his wife, arrived at the airport late and staff would not allow him to board the plane.
The former Pakistan star – who has reportedly introduced $500 fines for players who breach the team’s code of conduct by arriving late – managed to get on another flight to Sydney several hours later.
Hafeez missed his flight from Melbourne to Sydney for Pakistan’s final Test against Australia
The former star player has introduced $500 fines for current team members who break the code of conduct by doing things like arriving late
Meanwhile, Warner will be made to wait to take centre stage in his farewell Test for Australia, after Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first at the SCG.
Having announced his retirement plans in early June, Warner has survived nine straight selection meetings to hold his spot through to his dream Sydney farewell.
The opener will sport a replacement baggy green to start the SCG Test, after his regular hat was lost in transit between Sydney and Melbourne.
‘I haven’t found my caps so as I said in my (Instagram) video, if you have got my backpack, I will give you my backpack,’ Warner told Fox Cricket before the toss.
‘All I want is those baggy greens back please.’
Australia have kept an unchanged side for the third match of the series, with all three frontline quicks pulling up fine after sealing the Benaud-Qadir Trophy with a 79-run win at the MCG last week.
Pakistan have suffered a blow with the spiritual leader of their attack, Shaheen Shah Afridi, rested after concerns over his fitness following a heavy workload.
Warner is playing his final Test for Australia at the SCG and walked out onto the famous ground with his three daughters for the start of play on Wednesday morning (pictured)
That has allowed the tourists to play a spinner in Sajid Khan, who will feature in a Test in Australia for the first time.
Opener Imam-ul-Haq has been dropped, with 21-year-old Saim Ayub to debut in his place.