If white line fever is used as a pathetic defence for cricketers who have brain snaps on the field of play, what do we call spectators who make racist, homophobic or similarly vile comments? Black C Syndrome? I refer here to the spectator who racially abused Joffra Archer in New Zealand recently.

What's interesting is the immediate (and unequivocal) support for a call to have this creature banned for life if his identity is ever discovered. It begs the question does it not – what makes his offence worthy of a life ban when a player found guilty of a similar offence gets off with a minor suspension?