Former Test cricketer Rodney Hogg has apologised for tweeting that he had written "Allah is a s***" on his Australian flag.
The former international pace bowler, now a media commentator, made the comments on Australia Day through his Twitter account.
A tweet sent around midday stated: "Just put out my aussie flag for Australia Day but I wasn't sure if it would offend Muslims...So I wrote 'Allah is a s***' on it to make sure."
The comment was deleted a short time later after some other Twitter users complained and called it disgraceful.
Hogg wrote later in the day: "Bad attempted Australian humour, sorry if I offended you".
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The account is not verified but has the username @RMHogg and is linked to a website that Hogg uses to promote his corporate speaking engagements.
