During the ongoing game between Pakistan and Cricket Australia Prime Minister XI, a racist incident took place. Apparently, during the Day One of the game, the scorecard graphic read "PAKI" a racist term used for the people of the subcontinent. This term is derogatory and the Oxford Dictionary has classified it as an 'offensive term'.
The same was pointed out by an Australian journalist Danny Saeed. He has a Pakistani heritage. He also posted a clarification from the Cricket Australia (CA). "This was obviously regrettable, and the error we corrected manually as soon as it came to light," CA clarified.
A clarifier on this from CA: “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.” https://t.co/7FttR2iZTR
— Daany Saeed (@daanysaeed) December 6, 2023
Pakistan is in a good position against the home side
Batting first, the Shan Masood-led side posted 391/9 with their newly-appointed skipper, Shan Masood scoring a double hundred. in reply, at the end of day two, the home side has 149/2. Talking about the series, the home side Australia is expected to win the series. On the other hand, Pakistan is yet to win a Test after 1994-95 series and is yet to win a Test series down under
Australia Squad: Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Lance Morris, Steve Smith, Mitch Starc, David Warner.
Pakistan squad for PAK vs AUS Tests: Shan Masood (captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi.