Pak all-rounder Sohail spooked by ghost in Christchurch hotel

Rookie Pakistan all-rounder Haris Sohail has claimed that a ghost shook the bed in his Christchurch hotel room, and was so shaken by his alleged supernatural encounter, that he insisted on switching rooms.

Pakistan team manager Naveed Akram Cheema revealed that Sohail, who is touring with the Pakistan side for warm-up matches ahead of next month's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, woke up in the night, scared that there was a supernatural presence in his room at the Rydges Latimer Christchurch, after feeling the bed move.

Cheema claimed that Sohail rang one of the coaching staff, who arrived to find the player visibly shaken. The all-rounder slept that night in the coach's room, before moving to another, Stuff.co.nz reported.

Cheema claimed that the team management tried to convince Sohail that there was no ghostly presence, but to no avail. He revealed that the cricketer had a fever.

Cheema insisted that they believe that it was the fever that caused it, but added that the player still believes his bed was shaken by something and it was a supernatural something.

Cheema further said that the rookie all-rounder Sohail had been examined by the team doctor and found to be in good health.