Re: Mushtaq and Read in angry clash…
**Read penalised for bust-up with Mushtaq [
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LONDON: Former England wicket-keeper Chris Read has been disciplined by English cricket chiefs after an extraordinary pitch-side bust-up with Pakistani leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed.
Read was given three penalty points under the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)’s disciplinary code for breaching provisions relating to the use of obscene or insulting language towards another player.
The sanction followed an incident during a county championship match on Wednesday after Sussex spinner Mushtaq trapped Read lbw fifth ball for a duck. After being given out, Read briefly returned to the pavilion before coming out to confront Mushtaq on the third-man boundary.
An angry exchange ensued in which Read, who had been irritated by Mushtaq’s appeals on earlier deliveries, used the word “cheat”, according to astonished spectators at the normally sleepy ground in Hove.](“The News International: Latest News Breaking, World, Entertainment, Royal News”)
