A video posted on the internet of New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming appearing to rip into former Black Cap turned commentator Mark Richardson has been revealed as a Sky TV spoof.
In what seemed to be a startling outburst following a TV interview, Fleming was shown calling Richardson an "idiot"
and saying he had "forgotten who his friends are".
A video of the supposed after-interview comments was posted on the cricketweb.net website - see link below.
But Sky TV said this morning that the encounter was a set-up for its weekly magazine show Cricket Company.
Sky's executive producer of cricket, Martin Crowe said: "The interview was a spoof in which Stephen has a crack at Mark about his commentary. It was scripted and not real although it has appeared on the internet as a news item.
"We regret any embarrassment to Stephen or Mark as a result of the item's broadcast."
- HERALD ONLINE STAFF
* An earlier version of this story wrongly reported that the row was genuine.
