Bracewell sentenced to community service

WELLINGTON: New Zealand cricketer Doug Bracewell has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service for a third drink-driving offence after blaming the killing of a pet cockatoo by dogs for his decision to drive home drunk from a function. The 26-year-old fast bowler was pulled over by police in March and returned a blood-alcohol reading more than three times the legal limit. His lawyer told the Hastings District Court that Bracewell had been drinking at a function when his girlfriend called him in distress after their cockatoo was killed by dogs.