Women’s cricket team is FINED for wearing incorrect uniforms in a charity cricket match to raise money for bushfire victims
- Women’s cricket team fined for wearing the incorrect uniform for charity match
- The charity match raised more than $5,000 for bushfire ravaged communities
- Women’s team fined $1,000 as they wore pink Hawaiian shirts over uniforms
A women’s cricket team has been fined for wearing the incorrect uniform during a charity match raising money for bushfire victims.
Players wore pink hats, face paint and feather-boas as took part in the Southern Spirit Cricket Club’s Women’s T20 Pink Stumps Day on January 11.
The charity event raised more than $5,000 but the women’s team were slugged with a $1,000 as they wore pink Hawaiian shirts over their uniforms.
A women’s cricket team has been fined for wearing the incorrect uniform during a charity match raising money for bushfire victims (stock image pictured)
The team was stripped it of all competition points and the captain was also suspended for four games.
The dresscode for players during a cricket match is strict.
Typically, players are expected to wear cream or white uniforms, however, they may also wear coloured clothing, provided that the uniform is approved by the management committee.
All players in that team must also wear the approved uniform.
The charity event raised more than $5,000 but the women’s team were slugged with a $1,000 as they wore pink Hawaiian shirts over their uniforms
Cricket NSW told 2GB the Southern Spirit Cricket Club ignored the association’s repeated requests that the Club not wear Hawaiian shirts.
The club was subsequently fined $1,000.
Central Coast Cricket Association will donate the $1,000 fine, in the name of Southern Spirit Cricket Club, to the McGrath Foundation.
The Southern Spirit Cricket Club did not wish to comment when approached by Daily Mail Australia.