Shaniera, Others Take up Arms Against Malick’s Sexist Remark
Hum News head raised a question on Sana Mir’s commentary saying 'Why the heck is this lady commentator referring to batsmen as batters?'
Senior journalist Mohammad Malick came under fire for a sexist remark on former women cricket team captain Sana Mir upon which Shaniera Akram and netizens roasted him for using the term lady commentator’.
Sana Mir is the former captain of the national women’s cricket team who represented in both One Day International (ODIs) and T20s.
During her tenure, she played in 226 international matches and became Pakistan’s first bowler to take 100 wickets.
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Taking to his Twitter handle, Breaking point with Malick host raised a question on Sana Mir’s commentary.
“Why the heck is this lady commentator referring to batsmen as batters?”, read the post.
Why the heck is this lady commentator referring to batsmen as batters?can anyone please explain
— Mohammad Malick (@MalickViews) June 10, 2021
Answering Malick’s question, Shaniera Akram crossed swords over ‘Lady Commentator’ term.
“Lady Commentator”? 😲😬🤦🏻♀️ #SanaMir https://t.co/gLKZw3AqfV
— Shaniera Akram (@iamShaniera) June 11, 2021
Further, freelance journalist Afia Salam joined the club and suggested addressing the person with their names instead of calling them by highlighting their gender.
lady commentator? are all the others called male commentators? why not just take names?
— afia salam (@afiasalam) June 11, 2021
Shocked to see the tweet, journalist Gul Meenay did a double-take with Malick.
Ummm lady commentator? Really? https://t.co/34Rv0ZRXlz
— Gule (@gulmeenay) June 11, 2021
Apart from many netizens who contradicted the head of Hum News over his sexist remark, however, sports journalist Faizan Lakhani came to rescue the former Pakistan women cricket team captain Sana Mir.
The lady is Sana Mir, the former captain of Pakistan Women cricket team and one of the best talent in women cricket, one of the most celebrated female cricketers in the world. And, “batter” is now globally accepted term for batsman
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) June 10, 2021
