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A pretty unfair label

Canada's players arrived in South Africa with a reputation for enjoying themselves on and off the pitch, but captain Joe Harris stresses his team are not at the World Cup just to have a good time.

"All the teams I've seen go out at night and party a bit. For us to be labelled like that is pretty unfair. I think the reason we get all the attention is because we are an associate country and people expect us to be in bed at nine and disciplined," he said.

"We're grown men, we're enjoying the country and we're friends who've been together for a long time. We're going to have fun — we're not going to stop that — but we're still here to play cricket very seriously," he added.

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