Published: Jul 15, 2016, 06:18 PM (IST)
Edited: Jul 15, 2016, 06:18 PM (IST)
Mohammad Hafeez was one of those few Pakistani cricketers, who had opposed Mohammad Amir‘s selection in the side. When he dropped England skipper Alastair Cook off Amir’s bowling on Day 2 of the Lord’s Test between England and Pakistan, he was ought to be criticised. The hype was over Amir’s Test comeback but the first day of the match ended with Misbah-ul-Haq iconic century. Pakistan ended the first day of the match with 282 with the loss of six wickets and on the next day, they were all out for 339. Also Read: Big Nas is back! The famous troll takes dig at Pakistan cricket team again
With the start of England’s batting, all the eyes were Amir and as expected he was given to bowl the very first over. He didn’t do that well as it was expected to be and in his first three overs, Amir conceded 19 runs. When Amir came to bowl his fourth over, which is also the seventh over of England’s batting, he almost got the wicket of Cook, a man who had implied that spot-fixers should have been banned for life but thanks to Hafeez, who was at first slip, dropped a simple chance. (Hope, it’s not Amir’s Pankaj Singh moment in this Test)
It was the fourth ball of the over, which was very well channelised by Amir with just outside off on good length and Cook gets a thick edge while pushing it for a drive. Hafeez at first slip dropped, which should have been taken. Also Read: With Lord’s hundred and 10 push-ups, Misbah-ul-Haq keeps his promise to Pakistan army
Fans on Twitter trolled Hafeez for dropping a crucial catch and they are also relating it to his initial disagreement with Amir’s comeback. Afterall, Cook’s wicket is one of the toughest to pick.
Check out the hilarious tweets here:
Its been 4 yrs of Hafeez dropping catches in slip, yet Misbah and team management keep trusting him. Misbah should stand at slip
— M. Sarosh Ebrahim (@msarosh) July 15, 2016
Pakistan fans looking at Hafeez rn. #ENGvPAK pic.twitter.com/Pu6T2AZBxV
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) July 15, 2016
Every run cook scores from now on makes me want to punch Hafeez. Wasn't a difficult catch either, won't get simpler chances in test cricket
— Rehan Ulhaq (@Rehan_ulhaq) July 15, 2016
Misbah's need to always be with the bowler. Hafeez's desire to always be in the slips. no one to blame but themselves
— Hassan Cheema (@mediagag) July 15, 2016
Not sure why Pak playing around with slip cordon, but Hafeez has long been most infuriating presence in there
— Osman Samiuddin (@OsmanSamiuddin) July 15, 2016
Pak fielding has been notoriously poor over the years. Hafeez dropping a sitter at first slip was an example
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 15, 2016
Hafeez did say he didn't want to play with Amir.
What's he doing at first slip anyway?— Hassan Cheema (@mediagag) July 15, 2016
M.Amir to M.Hafeez during match break,
pic.twitter.com/VC9f9YsbGe— Broken News (@NewsParodyPk) July 15, 2016
not long back hafeez didn't want amir at the training camp
now amir may not want him in the slips #EngvsPak— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) July 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/PakLand4/status/753929139384647680
#PAKvENG
Thank You Hafeez …'Miltey Hain 150 Ke Baad' https://t.co/BYaAEMau1t"
— Misran Ahmad #AS FaNs 🇵🇰 (@MisranAhmad19) July 15, 2016
Hafeez = Lakha from Lagaan? #PAKvENG
— Kamii (@K_N27) July 15, 2016
Yaar ye Hafeez ke haath mein kis ne sorakh kya hai? #EngvsPak
— Hasham (@4Hasham) July 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/iamjafridi/status/753929036083200000
Don't know why Hafeez was standing in the first slip …Younis should been there instead of him …#PAKvENG
— asadmasihullah (@asad_masihullah) July 15, 2016
Baby ko catch chorena pasand ha – hafeez
— علی حمزہ – (@Malangbhai) July 15, 2016
