Zimbabwean-born cricketer Tarisai Musakanda has been sacked by his Australian club New City after he was convicted of a drink-driving offence.
The 25-year-old top-order batsman recorded a 0.098 reading, almost twice the legal limit, on December 15.
He reportedly failed to inform his club about the matter but told the Albury Local Court in New South Wales that he had become inebriated during the club’s Christmas party. Club president Chris Green said in a statement:
Musakanda’s behaviour is not representative of the values we hold dear at the New City Cricket Club. We as a club take the responsible service of alcohol very seriously.
Musakanda was only at the club function for a relatively brief time and at no stage was he served alcohol while intoxicated. All our bar volunteers have a responsible service of alcohol qualification.
Musakanda has played one Test, 15 one-day internationals and six T20 internationals for Zimbabwe.
He moved to Australia three months ago in search of greener pastures but returned to Zimbabwe following his conviction.