The 57-year-old cricket commentator said that he would update the wickets for the men who just got in and were dragged to the supermarket by their wives, the Daily Star reported. <img alt="Ian Botham" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/aug/botham13aug.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 477px;" /> Ian Botham. Pic/ Vishal Kelkar The remark attracted a lot of criticism on Twitter, with people even calling him a relic. An angry viewer Beth West had messaged Sky Sports directly on their Twitter account, saying that it wasn&rsquo;t 1903 but 2013, that men would be dragged away. Holly Combe, writer and editor at feminist forum The F-Word reacted on the comment and said that Botham&rsquo;s comment, which was stupid and sexist, has made her wonder if the former England Test player took the guidance on life from a 1970s stand-up comedy routine.

Sir Ian Botham has been named a "sexist relic" after he apparently made a sexist remark about men being "dragged to the supermarket" by their wives on the fourth Ashes test

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