Fleming spoof interview embarrasses Sky TV

The New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming has attacked his former opener, Mark Richardson - he of sprinting in a leotard fame - for comments made after the fourth day's play against the West Indies at Auckland. Before anyone gets too excited, Martin Crowe, Sky's executive producer of cricket, was quick to issue a statement explaining that all was not as it seemed. "The interview was a spoof in which Stephen has a crack at Mark about his commentary. It was scripted and not real although it has appeared on the internet as a news item."

The transcript read:

Richardson: OK, thanks, good luck

Fleming: Thanks mate (interview ends). Yeah, you're an idiot, that's ridiculous, seriously that's just ridiculous. Two things, you've forgotten who your mates are, some of your comments in the changing room? And the other thing is you're just an idiot talking about scoring rates and picking up the ... uh ... the tempo of games, you were one of the most boring players to watch and from what I've seen so far in your commentary position is crap. You're forgetting who your mates are mate, about six months ago you were with us.

The video can be seen at CricketWeb . [Thanks, Pratyush]