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Fiery politician Mark Latham has labelled a historian an 'imbecile' after it was suggested he was still serving a life ban from cricket during the annual Press v Politicians game at the SCG this week.
The 61-year-old One Nation leader could only manage a duck on Monday, but the zero next to his name didn't rile him up anywhere near as much as being told he shouldn't have been playing at all.
A Cricket NSW spokesperson brought up an incident from 1979, when Latham found himself in trouble thanks to his hot temper.
The politician was playing fourth-grade for the storied Sydney University Cricket Club, one of the oldest in Australia, when he was given out LBW.
One Nation leader Mark Latham took part in the annual Politicians v Press cricket match on Monday (pictured), which raises money for women's shelters
But he didn't take it well.
According to the Cricket NSW historian, Latham abused the umpire and stuck two fingers up at him after being given out. He was then referred to the judiciary, and supposedly didn't attend - apparently earning himself a life ban.
Latham squashed the rumour in the strongest possible terms.
'This historian is an imbecile. I got banned for one game and played the rest of the season and was never banned,' he told the Daily Telegraph.
'I had a long-running dispute with an umpire during the 1979 season. He fired me out LBW when I was 12 inches outside the off stump.
'Naturally I told him what I thought of him ... but I did attend the judiciary and was banned for one game. I played the rest of the season.'
Latham then suggested the historian needed to get Netflix or read a Donald Bradman biography instead of going through old records.
Fiery One Nation leader Mark Latham set the record straight about the supposed life ban he received after abusing an
