Published 13:55 IST, November 30th 2019

Dean Jones slams Australian journalist for deriding Pakistani player's English skills

Former Australian cricketer and cricket pundit Dean Jones shut down an Australian journalist after he tried to make fun of a Pakistani player's spoken English.

Reported by: Sreehari Menon
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Pakistan Cricketers have always bore brunt for ir inability to speak proper English. cricketers are mercilessly trolled and ir English speaking gets more attention than ir on-field performance. Recently, Pakistan T20I Captain Babar Azam opted for a Translator for press conferences in Australia vs Pakistan T20Is.

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Australian journalist takes a dig at Pakistan cricketer

On Friday, vember 29, Pakistan cricketer Shaheen Afridi again was trolled for his poor English speaking skills. fast bowler was interviewed by broadcasters on Day 1 of second Test against Australia. Shaheen struggled but waded his way through questions. Tony Tardio, an Australian Journalist took to Twitter to take a dig at Shaheen Afridi. Tardio tweeted, “Just heard an interview with a Pakistani fast bowler at Adelaide Oval on Fox sports and I can say with a fair bit of certainty that I didn’t understand one word.”

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Dean Jones shuts down Australian journalist

tweet drew a lot of flak from subcontinent and many Pakistani fans asked Tony Tardio to speak in Urdu. Former Australian cricketer and pundit Dean Jones shut down journalist by saying that cricketers at least make an attempt to speak langu. Dean Jones said that Australian cricketers don’t make effort to speak Urdu when touring UAE. He tweeted, “At least y try Tony... English is ir second langu and our guys don’t speak Urdu when y are in UAE for matches when being interviewed..”

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Aus vs Pak 2nd Test: David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne smash centuries

Pakistan took on Australia on second Test at Adelaide Oval on Friday. Pakistan lost first Test by an innings and 5 runs. Shaheen Afridi started second Test on a positive te by dismissing Joe Burns for 4, before David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne again scored centuries to continue Australian dominance. Australia finished on 302/1 at Stumps on Day 1.

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13:24 IST, November 30th 2019