Chris Hughes has been warned by the BBC after making an inappropriate remark whereas interviewing cricketer Maitlan Brown as a presenter for The Hundred.
Brown, an Australian all-rounder who performs for Southern Brave, was talking to the previous Love Island contestant when he made two key errors.
At first, he referred to the feminine gamers as ‘batsmen’ in distinction to the BBC’s type of utilizing the gender-neutral time period ‘batter’.
Then when asking about how the workforce had bonded forward of the event, Brown stated: “We watched Barbie the other night, all together and it was really good team bonding and the group is gelling really well together.
“That is the key to success, I think, in tournaments like this: how well and how quickly you can gel as a group.”
But it was what the presenter stated subsequent that has induced controversy, when Hughes replied saying: “You’re a little Barbie yourself aren’t you, with your blue eyes.”
When Brown laughed, Hughes added: “She’s blushing now.”
A BBC spokesperson stated: “We have spoken to Chris and explained that his comment was not appropriate”.
It has been broadly condemned on social media.
It was not the primary time cricket has been in an identical place, and West Indian all-rounder Chris Gayle discovered himself in an identical controversy after his feedback throughout an interview with Mel McLaughlin within the Big Bash seven years in the past.
Source: www.impartial.co.uk