KINGSTON, March 21: Dreadlocked Zimbabwe players have been ordered to cut off their flowing locks, it was reported here on Wednesday. The Zimbabwe board told Tawanda Mupariwa, Keith Dabengwa and Stuart Matsikenyeri to conform with the ruling.

Zimbabwe media manager Lovemore Banda said that the idea was to have all the players looking uniform. “The cricket committee of Zimbabwe Cricket decided that in terms of uniformity, appearance and neatness, the players needed to look to be the best representatives they could be for their country,” said Banda.—AFP

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