'Don't want beer logo? Don't play for Australia'

If you don't want to wear the shirt everyone else wears, don't wear it at all.

That's cricket legend Doug Walter's message to Pakistani-born cricket sensation Fawad Ahmed, after he successfully argued to have the VB logo taken off his Australia outfit due to religious reasons.

Walters said major sponsors such as Carlton & United give players the chance to earn their glowing pay packets, and Ahmed needed to understand that, News Limited reported.

Famous for his love of the golden drop, Walters once drank a record 44 cans of beer on a flight to London ahead of the 1977 Ashes series.

Walters believes it could set a dangerous precedent, and impact on Cricket Australia's ability to attract sponsors down the track,.

"I think if he doesn't want to wear the team gear, he should not be part of the team," Walters said.

"Maybe if he doesn't want to be paid that's OK."

Walters believes it could set a dangerous precedent, and impact on Cricket Australia's ability to attract sponsors down the track,.

Ahmed said he felt uncomfortable wearing the beer logo as his Muslim faith is against association with alcohol.

Cricket Australia allowed Ahmed to play in a shirt without the logo on the sleeve.

Former fast bowler Geoff Lawson said that if players wanted to play without sponsors logos on their shirt, they should forgo the pay that is associated with it.

"If you don't agree with the terms you have a choice as to whether you work somewhere else," he said.

"Players should be able to object on a number of moral grounds - example: against cigarette advertising or perhaps you refuse to play in a country with a military dictatorship or poor human rights record - as long as they don't accept the payments the sponsor provides."

Executive general manager of operations Mike McKenna said CA were "respectful of Fawad's personal beliefs".

Ahmed also expressed gratitude to Carton & United Breweries for their understanding.