ISLAMABAD – The Sweater worn by Pakistan squad in the test match betweenPakistan and Ireland in Dublin, has made Pakistan’s former captain WasimAkram uncomfortable and find not “cool”. It was actually the sweaterwithout the green strip Pakistani players are wearing.
Akram, who represented Pakistan in more than 100 tests and took 414wickets, shared a photo of a Pakistani player on Twitter and asked “whereis the green stripe gone from out sweater? not cool”.
Ireland´s first ever men´s Test against Pakistan finally started atDublin´s Malahide ground on Saturday, with home captain William Porterfieldwinning the toss and electing to field.Pakistan´s Shadab Khan celebrates with Pakistan´s Faheem Ashraf (R) afterreaching his half century. Photo/AFP
Rain washed out the whole of Friday´s scheduled first day but a day laterMalahide was bathed in sunshine, with grey clouds replaced by sunny blueskies as Ireland, from the moment of the toss, officially became the 11thnation to play men´s Test cricket.