Cricket officials vow to prosecute and evict people carrying lasers.Byline: ANI Brisbane, Jan.15 (ANI): Cricket Australia Cricket Australia, formerly (and still often referred to as) the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket Matches. has said that its security teams will crack down on fans wielding laser pointers during matches. Embarrassed by a laser-shining incident in Tuesday night's Twenty20 match in Brisbane between Australia and South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , officials have moved swiftly in an attempt to avoid a repeat of an episode. "We have asked the security people to add this to a list of things to keep a lookout for on their closed-circuit TV monitoring," CA public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. manager Peter Young was quoted by the Daily Mail, as saying. "This incident is just not cricket and I rang the South African team management this morning to apologise. We wanted to apologise as this has happened while they are guests in our country," added Young. Teenage fast bowler Parnell said he was stunned when a blinding green light flashed across him as he tried to take a difficult outfield catch. Parnell, 19, described the incident as "strange" and admitted he was taken by surprise - but refused to use it as an excuse for dropping what would have been an incredible catch off Mike Hussey. CA yesterday moved to crack down on security and put ground officials and security staff on high alert to watch for copycat incidents throughout the remainder of the summer and threatened to prosecute and evict those responsible. (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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