<p> The ground announcer who was stood down for allegedly introducing England spinner Monty Panesar in a mock Indian accent, is seeking clarification from Cricket Australia (CA) over his removal after denying any slur was made. <br /><br /></p>.<p>CA had deemed the conduct of David Nixon, a producer for local broadcaster ABC, at the Alice Springs ground as inappropriate and withdrew him during the second day of England’s two-day warm-up match against a Chairman’s XI. <br /><br />Left-arm spinner Panesar was born in Luton and is of Indian descent. <br /><br />“It comes as a complete surprise to me to be at the centre of a controversy about racial slurring, and I absolutely refute any allegation that I feigned an Indian accent,” Nixon said in a statement, according to an ABC report on Monday. <br /><br />“‘There’s a change of bowler at the Traeger Avenue end... its Montyyy!’ That was it. I fail to see how anyone could interpret my introduction of Monty Panesar as racial slurring. <br /><br />“I am certainly responsible for what I say, but not what people hear.” <br /><br />Nixon admitted he had been warned by a CA official for some of his comments but insisted the Panesar issue was never raised. <br /><br />“Upon arriving back at my post after the lunch break on day two, I was met by a Cricket Australia representative who politely said words to the effect of ‘We think that your personal style conflicts with ours and so we’ve relieved you for the afternoon’,” he said. <br /></p>
<p> The ground announcer who was stood down for allegedly introducing England spinner Monty Panesar in a mock Indian accent, is seeking clarification from Cricket Australia (CA) over his removal after denying any slur was made. <br /><br /></p>.<p>CA had deemed the conduct of David Nixon, a producer for local broadcaster ABC, at the Alice Springs ground as inappropriate and withdrew him during the second day of England’s two-day warm-up match against a Chairman’s XI. <br /><br />Left-arm spinner Panesar was born in Luton and is of Indian descent. <br /><br />“It comes as a complete surprise to me to be at the centre of a controversy about racial slurring, and I absolutely refute any allegation that I feigned an Indian accent,” Nixon said in a statement, according to an ABC report on Monday. <br /><br />“‘There’s a change of bowler at the Traeger Avenue end... its Montyyy!’ That was it. I fail to see how anyone could interpret my introduction of Monty Panesar as racial slurring. <br /><br />“I am certainly responsible for what I say, but not what people hear.” <br /><br />Nixon admitted he had been warned by a CA official for some of his comments but insisted the Panesar issue was never raised. <br /><br />“Upon arriving back at my post after the lunch break on day two, I was met by a Cricket Australia representative who politely said words to the effect of ‘We think that your personal style conflicts with ours and so we’ve relieved you for the afternoon’,” he said. <br /></p>