Fresh Aussie racism aimed at Amla
‘Hashim Amla terrorist’ taunt joins the shameful list of instances of racism from Australian cricketers levelled at Proteas
Hobart — First came the crowd at the Waca, then Dean Jones, then Greg Ritchie, and now this: "Hashim Amla terrorist."Those were the words believed to have been daubed on a fence near the South African team’s dugout at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Saturday, the first day of the second Test against Australia.This ugliness can be added to the list of instances of racism that Australians have inflicted on South Africans in recent years.Happily, swift action has been taken. The suspected culprit, a 24-year-old man from the farming town of Longford, almost 200km to the north of Hobart, has been banned from attending any official cricket match in Australia for three years. He has also been summonsed to appear in court."Tasmania Police identified the person of interest through CCTV and witnesses in the area," a Cricket Australia (CA) spokesman told reporters."CA takes a zero-tolerance approach to antisocial behaviour at any of our matches, which includes racial vilification," It said. "Our m...
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