Hogg Bowled Over by His Own Tastelessness in Pot Shot at Muslims

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: RODNEY HOGG took fans "inside the mind of a lunatic fast bowler" in his autobiography and did so again yesterday with a Muslim slur that has landed him in controversy.

The outspoken former Test cricketer, who terrorised batsmen during his six-year international career, was forced to duck and weave after delivering a tweet described as "more than despicable" by the leader of an Islamic group.

"Just put out my Aussie flag for Australia Day but I wasn't sure if it would offend Muslims … So I wrote 'Allah is a shit' on it to make sure," Hogg tweeted at about noon yesterday. » | Andrew Wu | Friday, January 27, 2012