Former Pakistan cricket captain Mohammad Hafeez didn’t maintain again his emotions as Pakistan accomplished a surprising comeback and sealed a 2-1 residence sequence win in opposition to England. Pakistan rode on the performances of spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali — two gamers who had been introduced again into the facet in the midst of the sequence — to defeat England. Hafeez made a tweet that was cryptic in nature as he spoke about ‘exposing faces’. Whereas it’s unclear as to whom the tweet was directed at, followers interpreted that it could be one thing to do with star Pakistan batter Babar Azam, who was dropped mid-series.
“Two faces, Sajid Khan and Noman Ali, with star impactful performances introduced residence sequence win for Pakistan after greater than three years. Extra importantly, their performances uncovered many faces,” posted Hafeez on X.
Two faces Sajid khan & Noman Ali with star impactful performances introduced residence sequence win for Pakistan after greater than 3 years. Extra importantly their performances uncovered many faces… pic.twitter.com/rioe1uFXnm
— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) October 26, 2024
After dropping the primary Check in Multan, Pakistan dropped Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah from the Check facet. Of their place, Kamran Ghulam, Sajid Khan and Noman Ali had been introduced in. Whereas Ghulam scored a century on debut, Sajid and Noman have taken a mixed 39 out of the 40 wickets within the two Assessments, main Pakistan to victory.
Some followers took Hafeez’s tweet as a shot at Babar Azam, whose dropping got here with a number of criticism.
uncovered many faces and the truth that hyping egocentric gamers for stats and PR is incorrect, it ought to solely be for his or her ardour for nation. pic.twitter.com/1RaoafUNbc
— o/period (@LoyalAfridian10) October 26, 2024
Hafeez had served as Pakistan’s staff director and interim coach between November 2023 and February 2024, earlier than he was eliminated as a result of Pakistan’s poor outcomes.
Pakistan bundled out England for simply 112 on Day 3 of the third Check. Their ultimate goal was merely 36, which they chased down in 3.1 overs. It’s their first residence sequence win since February 2021.
The win takes Pakistan as much as seventh spot within the World Check Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle desk, whereas England fall to sixth.
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