Mohammad Amir Takes Revenge Despite 'No-Ball' Taunt at Old Trafford
Mohammad Amir rocked England with the early wicket of Alex Hales despite being booed by the Manchester crowd
Highlights
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Mohammad Amir served a five-year ban for spot-fixing
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Amir returned to Test cricket at Lord's last week
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Amir was booed by a section of the Old Trafford fans
No matter how much Yasir Shah does with the ball, one man who is hogging all the attention during the England versus Pakistan Test series is Mohammad Amir.
The left-arm pacer, who returned to Test cricket at Lord's last week after serving a five-year ban for spot-fixing, continues to be enemy No. 1 for England batsmen and of course a section of English fans.
On Day 1 of the Manchester Test on Friday, a section of the Old Trafford fans taunted Amir for the Lord's 'no-ball' episode of 2010 that had consigned the young Pakistani to a term in jail.
Raucous cries of "no-ball" as Amir gets going. Old Trafford was never going to be Lord's.
- Lawrence Booth (@the_topspin) July 22, 2016
Amir, who took three wickets in Pakistan's memorable 75-run win in the first Test at Lord's, took his revenge when he clean bowled England opener Alex Hales with a fuller length ball that swung into the left-hander.
WATCH: Mohammad Amir's cracking delivery to dismiss Alex Hales https://t.co/sdvUDNzwba pic.twitter.com/bsHKAnBN8Y
- Cric Nitro (@CricNitro) July 22, 2016
Amir's delivery also left one of the pundits of the game - Geoff Boycott - foxed.
Geoffrey Boycott "Amir doesn't bring the ball back into right-handers. A few balls later lovely inswinger smashes into the stumps" #EngvPak
- Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) July 22, 2016
After losing Hales (25/1 in seventh over), England, batting first after winning the toss, had recovered to 95 for 1 at lunch.