The "Broad ban" initiated by the Brisbane Courier-Mail has blown up in its face. By taking five Australian wickets on the opening day of the Ashes, Stuart Broad made it impossible for the paper to stick to its ridiculous pledge not to mention his name.
"The Courier-Mail newspaper will not use Stuart Broad's name in our reports of the first test," said the paper on Wednesday. "We plan to give the 27-year-old English medium pace bowler the silent treatment, just to mess with his head…"
But the bowler's "broadside" (sorry!) clearly messed with the editor's head because the paper's website reported this morning:
"Stuart Broad has hit back at the boo boys in the best way possible, claiming a five-wicket haul to propel England into a strong position on day one of the first Ashes test at the Gabba."
The Courier-Mail's initiative was certainly unpopular with commenters to its site. The overwhelming majority were critical of the paper's ban. Comments ranged from "puerile" and "embarrassing" to "you guys are the Sun newspaper of Australia."
Well, the owner of the Courier-Mail is, of course, none other than Rupert Murdoch. But my hunch is that The Sun would have made a much better fist of the idea than its Brisbane mimic.
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