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Players free to boycott T20 WC sponsorship

Players can refuse to receive their T20 man-of-the-match awards due to beliefs against sponsors. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Cricket's international players' union will back any player who opts out of a sponsor engagement at the T20 World Cup amid questions over the ICC's player-of-the-match award.

The issue of association between players and sponsors has risen to the fore in recent days, following Pat Cummins's withdrawal from Alinta Energy ads and Netball Australia's Hancock Prospecting deal.

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