Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka are three of the countries where there is a big following for the world's most popular bat-and-ball game -- cricket. And cricket does tend to be taken very seriously wherever it is played. But cricketers are sportsmen and, as such, not the world's most sensitive types.
So when Sri Lanka was playing South Africa recently, one of the Australian cricket commenters put his foot in it with what was obviously intended as a joke. One of the South African players, Hashim Amla, is a Muslim of Indian origin and, being devout, wears a large black beard. So he looks a bit like Osama Bin Laden and, in private, he has obviously been nicknamed as "The terrorist". Australians are very big on joky nicknames for people.
So when former Australian batsman Dean Jones was on a TV commentary team covering a match between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Colombo, Jones commented: "The terrorist has got another wicket", when Amla took the catch that dismissed one of the Sri Lankan batsmen.
Jones lost his job over it. Details here
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