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World Cup cricketer ducks out of delivering for brewery sponsor

As Scotland's cricketers take centre stage at the World Cup with a match against Australia in the West Indies this afternoon, one of them will be sporting national colours with a slight difference.

Majid Haq, a 24-year-old spin bowler from Paisley, has faced a dilemma ever since the game's governing body, Cricket Scotland, struck a shirt-sponsorship deal with Caledonian Brewery in January.

Scotland's blue-and-white World Cup strip and all of their training gear bears the logo of Deuchars IPA, one of the country's most popular real ales.

Haq, as a Muslim, would be disrespecting his faith if he endorsed the consumption of alcohol, and will therefore cover all the beer logos with black tape when he competes in today's match, which will be viewed by a worldwide television audience numbering in the billions.

Full story at The Scotsman.