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Pakistani cricketer mocked by Australian journalist, rescued by former Australian skipper Dean Jones

Pakistani cricketer mocked by Australian journalist, rescued by former Australian skipper Dean Jones

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani cricketer mocked by Australian journalist, rescued byformer Australian skipper Dean Jones.

Dean Jones came to the defense of a Pakistan cricketer, who was mocked forhis lack of English speaking skills by an Australian journalist Tony Tardio.

After listening to a TV interview of a Pakistan cricketer on the first dayof the day-night Test between Australia and the Men in Green in Adelaide,the journalist tweeted that he couldn’t understand a single word said bythe visiting cricketer.

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“Just heard an interview with a Pakistani fast bowler at the Adelaide Ovalon Fox sports and I can say with a fair bit of certainty that I didn’tunderstand one word,” tweeted Tardio.

Jones wasn’t amused by the Tardio’s tweet and gave a fitting reply to thejournalist.

“At least they try Tony… English is their second language and our guysdon’t speak Urdu when they are in UAE for matches when being interviewed,”wrote Jones.