WATCH: Chris Hughes calls Maitlan Brown ‘A little Barbie’ during The Hundred interview

While interviewing Australian cricketer Maitlan Brown for a respected English Media Agency, sports presenter Chris Hughes faced criticism for making inappropriate comments. The match took place at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, in the United Kingdom where Trent Rocket locked horns with Southern Brave. Hughes asked Brown about the team-building exercises. To which she replied that the team went to see Greta Gerwig’s Barbie recently.

“We watched Barbie the other night altogether and it was really good team bonding and the group is gelling really well together. That is the key to success I think in tournaments like this, how well and how quickly you can gel as a group,” Brown was quoted as saying. To which Hughes replied, “You’re a little Barbie yourself innit, with your blue eyes.” After hearing the cricketer laughed and the presenter asserted, “She’s blushing now.”

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The absolute state of this @BBCSport

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"You're a bit of a Barbie yourself"

So much great young journalistic cricket talent in the UK, and you hire that clown @chrishughes_22, because demographics, innit pic.twitter.com/f7FwAtQjR9

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We have spoken to Chris and explained that his comment was not appropriate: Media Agency Spokesperson

After the match, the spokesperson from the media agency gave the clarification. “We have spoken to Chris and explained that his comment was not appropriate,” the spokespers was qoted as saying in the Daily Mail. Many fans commented on the incident as well. “That’s shocking,” a user reacted on Twitter. Another user stated “Not sure interviewing Maitlan Brown needed to include “you’re a bit of a Barbie too with your blue eyes”

“She’s an elite athlete and he’s referring to her as a Barbie. Let’s all have a think about whether that’s in any way appropriate – no, we don’t need to. It’s not!” a user commented. A few other fans said that they “had to rewind to check” if they “heard it right”.If we talk about the match, the Southern Brave won the game by 27 runs. Star India batter, Smriti Mandhana was awarded the Player of the Match for her brilliant match-winning performance. She scored 55 runs off 36 balls with six fours and two sixes in her innings.