NEW DELHI: In an embarrassing broadcasting blunder, Fox Cricket used racist word ‘PAKI‘ on live score ticker to represent Pakistan team during their warm-up match against Prime Minister XI.
The unfortunate incident took place on match’s opening day at the Manuka Oval on Wednesday, sparking controversy.
An Australian journalist shared a TV grab on social media platform X, formally Twitter, after which the mistake was corrected and Cricket Australia also issued an apology.
‘PAKI’ is a contemptuous term for a person from Pakistan or South Asia by birth or descent.
Journalist Daany Saeed, whose post on X drew the attention on the error, in another post wrote that Cricket Australia has apologised for the error.
“The graphic was an automatic feed from a data provider which had not been used previously for a Pakistan game. This was obviously regrettable, and the error we corrected manually as soon as it came to light,” Saeed wrote on X, mentioning that it was a clarification from CA.

Pakistan captain Shan Masood struck 201 not out as his side declared the first innings at 391 for 9. Jordan Buckingham was the pick of Australian Prime Minister’s XI with figures of 5/80.
In reply, Australian Prime Minister’s XI reached 149 for 2 at stumps on Thursday.

(With inputs from PTI)