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Rudd asks for Aamer's birth certificate over lunch with Pakistani, Australian team! | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd welcomed the Pakistani and Australian team for a lunch at the Kirribilli House ahead of the Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and asked jokingly for the birth certificate of Pak teen sensation
Mohammad Aamer after his five wicket haul against Australia. The Prime Minister took the unusual step of welcoming an international side inside his Sydney home
for the first time in recent memory. Rudd's wife Therese Rein and son Nick were
there to meet and mix with players, partners and families from both teams. Rudd
endeared himself to his guests with a humorous address as rain drenched the harbour-side
property, even threatening the Sydney Test on Sunday. "At the time of the New
Year's Test (each year) we've decided to have a prime ministerial reception for
the visiting Test team and you're candidate No.1 one, Pakistan ," The Sydney Morning
Heralf quoted Rudd, as saying. "It's part of our desire as the Government of the
country to make you feel genuinely and officially welcome," he said. The Prime
Minister said he had requested an official attestation of 17-year-old pace bowler
Mohammad Aamer's birth certificate after he took five wickets in the second innings
of the Boxing Day Test. "If you are (legitimately 17 years of age), then why aren't
you still at school?" Rudd joked. He then welcomed Ponting, the Australian captain,
to the stage. Ponting spoke glowingly of the Pakistani team before joking that,
if the rain held up, the SCG wicket would resemble the lush, green lawns of the
Kirribilli House. |
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