Australia vs Pakistan: Controversy erupts over racist term in PAK scorecard, Cricket Australia apologizes3Photo© indianexpress.com

Australia vs Pakistan: Controversy erupts over racist term in PAK scorecard, Cricket Australia apologizes

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“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, saying that it was a clarification from CA.

Earlier, Saeed had tweeted, “The choice to run with “PAKI” on the Fox ticker over the traditional “PAK” is…quite a choice,” along with a screengrab of the blunder.

For the uninitiated, ‘Paki’ is a racist term for a person from Pakistan or South Asia by birth or descent.