New Delhi: Former Australia batsman Dean Jones has been sacked by his employers, Ten Sports, after he called South African batsman Hashim Amla a 'terrorist' on live television during the fourth day's play between Sri Lanka and South Africa at Colombo.
"The terrorist has got another wicket," Jones, who was a commentator for Ten Sports in Colombo, said after Amla, a Muslim, took the catch off the bowling of Shaun Pollock to dismiss Kumar Sangakkara for 39.
"The switchboards of both Cricket South Africa and SuperSport, that takes a feed of the broadcast to South African audiences, have been jammed with calls from some very angry people," Gerald Majola, Cricket South Africa's chief executive, said.
Shortly after Majola's statement was released Jones was spotted at Colombo airport.
He said, "I'm gone."
"It was a silly and completely insensitive thing to say and, obviously, it was never supposed to be heard over the air. I am truly sorry to have caused offence to anybody and the last thing I intended was to be disrespectful," Jones added.
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