Australian cricketers harassed for tickets ahead of West Indies Test

KINGSTON: Australian cricketers have witnessed a series of stoushes between eager ticket hunters at Sabina Park and have been physically harassed for tickets on the eve of the second Test against the West Indies.

In scenes in the Jamaican capital foreign to the highly-secured atmosphere at Australian grounds and other international venues, a group of men seeking tickets to Thursday's game gained access to the stadium and proceeded to hassle Australian players as they walked unaccompanied from the training nets to their dressing room at the Courtney Walsh End.

Some of the tourists, including all-rounder Shane Watson, handed over their allocation of tickets, which led to confrontations between the ticket hunters themselves, and the team bus was then briefly delayed in departing the ground at the end of Wednesday's session as a group of locals clashed in front of the bus inside the gate to Sabina Park.