Big game hunter

Glenn’s shame Load of Kabul

Former Aussie test cricketer Glenn McGrath ‘‘deeply regrets’’ shooting African animals. McGrath is facing a wave of anger after pictures showing him with dead African wildlife were circulated online. The photographs of McGrath published on Chipitani Safaris website show the former fast bowler crouched beside dead buffalo, hyenas and posing with the tusks of an elephant. ‘‘In 2008 I participated in a hunting safari in Zimbabwe that was licensed and legal but in hindsight highly inappropriate,’’ McGrath said in a statement, attempting to quell the howls of protest. ‘‘It was an extremely difficult time in my life and looking back I deeply regret being involved.’’ Since his retirement McGrath works parttime as a cricket commentator and runs the McGrath Foundation, a breast cancer support organisation named after his late wife Jane, who died from the disease. action is needed on climate change. His green tinge came while working for a LED lighting company in the Netherlands. ‘‘I did a lot of retrofits and just saw how, to me, it was almost a nobrainer for businesses, how they should change to a greener light source. The implications it has around the world in terms of energy consumption, carbon savings, and sulphur savings are amazing.’’ Quelle surprise. Men on a mission: Glenn McGrath, main image, has shown his love of hunting while Kevin Pietersen seems to be more interested in building Instagram followers. The video shows Pietersen bombing into a swimming pool, although his style is as awkward as his relationship with his former team, he inexplicably turns sideways before hitting the water at full pace. Confidence is good. Optimism, heartening. But early, misplaced, optimism can be more than a tad embarrassing. When Afghanistan lost to Bangladesh by more than 100 runs last week, that didn’t stop the US Embassy in Kabul from tweeting about halfway through the Bangladeshi innings congratulating Afghanistan for their win.