Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir took his first Test wicket in six years when he bowled England captain Alastair Cook at Lord’s on Friday.
Amir was returning to Test cricket at the scene of his 2010 spot-fixing crime, which saw him given a five-year ban and a jail term for deliberately bowling no-balls as part of a newspaper ‘sting’ during that year’s Lord’s Test against England.
The 24-year-old paceman was frustrated Friday when fellow left-hander Cook was dropped off his bowling by slip Mohammad Hafeez and wicket-keeper Sarfraz Ahmed, who both missed routine chances, when the opener was on 22 and 55, respectively.
But with Cook in sight of a hundred on the second day of the first four-Test series, Amir took the fielders out of the equation by inducing Cook to play on for 81. (AFP)
