Instant karma for Hafeez as Amir gets better of the 'Professor'

Hafeez had earlier said he would not play alongside Amir, who recently served a five-year ICC ban


Sports Desk December 08, 2015
Muhammad Amir is currently playing for Chittagong Vikings in the Bangladesh Premier League. PHOTO: AFP

Call it karma or just luck but Pakistan left-arm pacer Muhammad Amir on Tuesday made Muhammad Hafeez eat his words during a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match.

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The encounter between Chittagong Vikings and Dhaka Dynamites had already promised firecrackers after Hafeez had issued a statement saying he would not play alongside Amir, who recently served a five-year ICC ban for spot-fixing.

“I was approached by my agent to play for the Chittagong team but when I knew that Amir was also in that team I refused it point blank,” Hafeez told AFP.

“If any other team makes me an offer then I will play the league and I have no problems facing Amir as I have played against him in the domestic matches but can’t be in the same team.”

In the match, where Dhaka are currently batting first after losing the toss to Chittagong, Pakistani leg-spinner Yasir Shah and Shykat Ali opened the batting.

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Both openers went back to the pavillion cheaply inside four overs.



Amir, then came on to bowl the fifth over with the 'Professor' on strike. Hafeez left the first good-length ball which was pitched on the off stump. The second ball was a shorter delivery outside off again. Hafeez tried to cut it but the bounce beat him. Third time lucky, Hafeez was able to touch the ball with his bat. A delivery on the off stump was defended towards point.

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And then came the final blow. Hafeez tickled an outgoing ball to the keeper and it was curtains for the Professor. Only two players shared the limelight in that moment; an ecstatic Amir and a disappointed Hafeez!

A befitting reply you can say!

After that Kumar Sangakkara and Mosaddek Hossain stabled the innings for the Dynamites adding 56 runs for the fifth wicket.

Amir, meanwhile, bagged two more wickets in the last over of the match.





Full-match report to follow...

COMMENTS (22)

Saf Rana | 8 years ago | Reply Mr Hafeez,below average player,would make first team for a local pub in England i suppose,if they were short of a player of course! Aamir was very young when he was led astray i hope and pray he has become wiser during his ban and realized that he has been born with a gift and can or should become one the world's most exciting fast bowlers Pakistan has ever produced,he has served his ban now let him get on with his life and give him the right support and guidance to maximize his potential,we have all done things in life which we have later regretted later and Aamir is still young and still learning,it sounds like the people who are against him coming back are maybe worried of the talent he has and of the the fame and wealth he no doubt will generate,crack on Aamir and let your bowling do the talking!
Raheel | 8 years ago | Reply @Critics against Mohammad Amir, A person who has done what ever mistake in his life and being punished, should be allowed to gel with the society again. It is the mindset who makes the petty criminal to Criminal Mastermind / Terrorist because we don't accept them in our society rather tag them as if we are angels without wings. I think he deserves a chance to redeem himself, further don't forget there are others too who have cheated the game. One of them was @TheSharneWarne who was banned for a year for doping and there are many others but that doesn't mean they didn't get the second chance.
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