He was also recruited by overseas network Ten Sports for their coverage of the two-test series between the West Indies and Australia in the Caribbean.

Brendon Julian suffered an embarrassing vocal slip when presenting the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy. Credit:Heath Missen

After the second and final Test ended shortly after lunch on day four in Jamaica - the visitors romped home by 277 runs - Julian took over the formalities. He cruised through the first six minutes of the presentation, and had moved on to his final duty: announcing the handover of the series trophy named after West Indies champion Sir Frank Worrell.

When he did, however, he ended up up announcing over the Sabina Park public address system, and to the worldwide TV audience, the Australia captain Michael Clarke and his players were to be given the victors' cheque and "The Sir Wank Forrell Trophy".

Julian, as if realising his blunder, conspicuously paused and raised his eyebrows after blurting out "Sir Wank", but then continued with the misspoken surname. He then finished the ceremony without interruption as the Australians huddled together with said trophy in their grasp.