NZ tour incident revealed

Broom: Admitted charges

We deeply regret the incident and wish to apologise to New Zealand Cricket

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Neil Broom and Aaron Redmond have confessed to being charged with serious misconduct by New Zealand Cricket on New Zealand A's tour of India this year.

The duo violated team protocols by leaving the Chennai hotel late at night to visit a night-spot before giving money to homeless people in the city which resulted in the gathering of a large and rowdy crowd.

The incident, which called for the involvement of the police despite no charges being made, has only just been made public.

"We accept this was a breach of team protocols," said Redmond.

"We did not inform team management that we would be leaving the hotel and had been advised that this sort of action was not appropriate in any event.

"Unfortunately when we decided to leave the night spot we were picked up by police following another poor decision to hand out money to people living on the street whereupon a crowd developed.

"The police initially took us back to the station and then arranged for a taxi to take us back to the hotel."

Apology

Broom echoed Redmond's sentiments and expressed his apologies to New Zealand Cricket.

"We accepted that this was a serious breach of team protocols particularly given the time, effort and resource NZC and the NZCPA (New Zealand Cricket Players' Association) invested to ensure the team and players were safe at all times while in the subcontinent," said Broom.

"We deeply regret the incident and wish to apologise to New Zealand Cricket."

Heath Mills, executive manager of NZCPA, revealed he was extremely disappointed in the two players' actions.

"The players fully accept that they should not have left the hotel and also showed poor judgment in heading to a night-spot and drinking, given preparations required for upcoming fixtures and the security position the team was in," said Mills.

NZC chief executive Justin Vaughan insisted the matter had been dealt with fittingly.

"With the intense scrutiny on security and safety issues in the subcontinent it was disappointing that the players had not observed the protocols that were in place for their own protection," said Vaughan.

"However, the incident was dealt with thoroughly and appropriately at the time. It was a confidential process and New Zealand Cricket considers the matter closed."

Neither player will feature in New Zealand's upcoming Test series against Pakistan, which begins with the first Test in Dunedin.