Azhar Ali's Comical Run Out Against Australia Leaves Twitter in Splits

[Kool_SRG]

 

Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali was dismissed in the most bizarre ways against Australia in the second Test at Abu Dhabi.
 

 

 

Ali got an outside edge which ran down to third man and he thought that the ball had gone away for a boundary. Ali came down the pitch to have a word with non-strike Asad Shafiq but the two of them didn't realise that the ball had stopped just short of the boundary.

 

 

Starc collected the ball and threw it to Tim Paine, who dislodged the stumps with both the batsmen in the middle of the pitch.

Pakistan though will not be worried by the dismissal as they are still in a commanding position in the game. They were 160/3 when Ali was run out and had a lead of 297.

[Kool_SRG]

 

[Kool_SRG]

 

Akkada ball throw chestunnadu and paine was just beside the stumps to collect it and whip the bails inka cinema chustunnadu ga, try cheyyakunda to get in to crease...

 

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[Kool_SRG]

As any cricketer of any age will tell you, you don't stop running until the ball has hit the boundary rope.

But in one of the most bizarre collective brain fades ever seen on a cricket pitch, Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq, who between them have 130 Tests-worth of experience, forgot this one very important rule. Even by Pakistan standards, this takes some beating.

It happened in the ninth over of the morning session during day three of the second Test between Pakistan and Australia in Dubai.

Off the third ball of Peter Siddle's over, Azhar got a thick edge through gully, past Shaun Marsh, and it looked for all money that the ball would race away to the rope.

The chasing fielder, Mitchell Starc, probably assumed the ball would go for four too, but hared after it anyway, possibly in the knowledge that this pitch has a very slow outfield.

Completely unaware of what the ball was doing, and assuming he had just added four runs to his total, Azhar strolled a few yards out of his crease, and Shafiq came to meet him. Cue congratulatory fist-bump.

The ball, meanwhile, had stopped a couple of feet before the boundary and Starc was closing in. Aussie wicketkeeper Tim Paine twigged and ran up to the stumps, collecting Starc's pin-point throw and whipping off the bails.

 

The Aussies celebrated while Azhar and Shafiq looked back in stranded befuddlement, attempting to work out exactly what had just happened.

Priceless. And Azhar had to walk.

[Kool_SRG]

 

[alpachinao]

10 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

 

Akkada ball throw chestunnadu and paine was just beside the stumps to collect it and whip the bails inka cinema chustunnadu ga, try cheyyakunda...

 

Spot fixing antaru dani

[kingcasanova]

intha comedy gaa cricket aadatam veellaku thappa inkevariki raadu

[Kool_SRG]

8 minutes ago, alpachinao said:

Spot fixing antaru dani

Adi untadi taravaata mellaga bayataki vastadi 

[perugu_vada]

1 hour ago, Kool_SRG said:

 

Comedy piece gallu

[iyalrepu]

1 hour ago, Kool_SRG said:

 

Akkada ball throw chestunnadu and paine was just beside the stumps to collect it and whip the bails inka cinema chustunnadu ga, try cheyyakunda...

 

Still Pak won, I am happy for that. 

[Kool_SRG]

Just now, iyalrepu said:

Still Pak won, I am happy for that. 

Match is still going on...Not yet completed.

[Roll_Tide]

8 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Match is still going on...Not yet completed.

its too much ask unless starts raining 

[iyalrepu]

51 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Match is still going on...Not yet completed.

We will win 

[Kool_SRG]

1 minute ago, iyalrepu said:

We will win 

Yes boys played very well insha allah...