Moises Henriques, captain of Sydney Thunder on the incident of Babar Azam-Steve Smith
Steve Smith and Babar Azam had a little on-field confrontation during the Sydney Sixers match against Sydney Thunder last week, in which the Australian batsman refused to take a single run against Pakistan Tha Energy, Captain Moises Henriques shed more light on the incident. Henriques said that Babur was upset at first, but it was finally sorted out, adding that the incident was caused by a ‘misunderstanding‘ between of nature ’.
“It took a few days to recover. To be honest, it seems to be a misunderstanding of each other's culture. This is a very common thing in our pen and perhaps he (Babar) is not used to it was not fully understood. Once this was explained to him, he was absolutely fine. They've kissed and made up their minds and it's two best friends again, "Henriques said.
“(We) always Trying to understand…We can clearly see that he was quite upset by what happened on the field, so we need to try to understand why he felt that way. Once we get to the bottom of this Hooked, it was okay, ”he said.
“Two great, friendly again.”
Moises Henriques spoke about the situation between Babar Azam and Steve Smith at SCG. #bbl15 pic.twitt er.com/vcUj6m4XrD
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Last week, when Steve Smith decided to keep the strike, Babar apparently seemed annoyed, refusing even a single one to him before the power went up. One over out of LA In he played a few dot balls, the Pakistan star hit the ball for a long time, but Smith refused to run. After this, Smith hit four sixes and made 32 runs out of it, which is the highest former It's evening at the bbl. On the first ball of the next over, Babar got out, breaking the ad cushion on the boundary to retreat into his dressing room.
Smith later admitted that the Babur Wa decision had "multiple He was not “happy”, but he explained that his choice was tactical — to take the power surge at the optimal time and he wanted to sustain the strike to target smaller boundaries.
“It took a few days to recover. To be honest, it seems to be a misunderstanding of each other's culture. This is a very common thing in our pen and perhaps he (Babar) is not used to it was not fully understood. Once this was explained to him, he was absolutely fine. They've kissed and made up their minds and it's two best friends again, "Henriques said.
“(We) always Trying to understand…We can clearly see that he was quite upset by what happened on the field, so we need to try to understand why he felt that way. Once we get to the bottom of this Hooked, it was okay, ”he said.
“Two great, friendly again.”
Moises Henriques spoke about the situation between Babar Azam and Steve Smith at SCG. #bbl15 pic.twitt er.com/vcUj6m4XrD
— KFC Big Bash League (@ bbl) January 20, 2026
Last week, when Steve Smith decided to keep the strike, Babar apparently seemed annoyed, refusing even a single one to him before the power went up. One over out of LA In he played a few dot balls, the Pakistan star hit the ball for a long time, but Smith refused to run. After this, Smith hit four sixes and made 32 runs out of it, which is the highest former It's evening at the bbl. On the first ball of the next over, Babar got out, breaking the ad cushion on the boundary to retreat into his dressing room.
Smith later admitted that the Babur Wa decision had "multiple He was not “happy”, but he explained that his choice was tactical — to take the power surge at the optimal time and he wanted to sustain the strike to target smaller boundaries.
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- all of which fell on yorker length or ended as low fulltoss.
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- all of which fell on yorker length or ended as low fulltoss.
After Wari, Arshdeep could not hit the wide-yorker radar. If you are not confident in hitting, you will throw and hit it more often.
Where is the batsman trying to hit you and which ball am I going to bowl. While India's batsmen were seen going deep into the crease and negotiating Lasith Malinga's yorkers, Sri Lanka came up with a wide yorker plan two days before the final in Dhaka. The line was practiced so diligently that in the final, both the fast bowlers bowled wide yorkers and gave only 15 runs in the last three overs. They say.
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The Yakumar Yadav-led Indian team will take on New Zealand in the final in Ahmedabad on Sunday, marking the fourth time that the two countries will face each other in a T20 World Cup match. Having won all three encounters against Australia, Mitchell Santner's New Zealand team will hope to defeat the defending champions and win their first World Cup title. It is believed that along with the pressure of '1.5 billion fans' on India, there will also be memories of the defeat in the 2023 ODI World Cup final against Australia on the same ground. If favorable for the spinners, the par score will be around 200 or 175. "New Zealand should win this World Cup," said Game on High.
Looks strong. t, which means that obviously our high performance program has to be very specific and has to cater to the population that we've got, "but obviously, the talent that comes out of t India is phenomenal. व is.
The Yakumar Yadav-led Indian team will take on New Zealand in the final in Ahmedabad on Sunday, marking the fourth time that the two countries will face each other in a T20 World Cup match. Having won all three encounters against Australia, Mitchell Santner's New Zealand team will hope to defeat the defending champions and win their first World Cup title. It is believed that along with the pressure of '1.5 billion fans' on India, there will also be memories of the defeat in the 2023 ODI World Cup final against Australia on the same ground. If favorable for the spinners, the par score will be around 200 or 175. "New Zealand should win this World Cup," said Game on High.
Looks strong. t, which means that obviously our high performance program has to be very specific and has to cater to the population that we've got, "but obviously, the talent that comes out of t India is phenomenal. व is.
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Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah showed why he is considered among the best in the business with his decisive spell against England in the T20 World Cup semi-final on Thursday. Bumrah, who was in tremendous form, scored just ten runs in his last two overs, including six runs in the 18th over while chasing the target. iya.
It is said that he is the best fast bowler ever."
West Indies great Malcolm Marshall was 'miles better' than him. Depending on the article, how will you declare Bumrah as the 'best'? It’s the best I’ve ever seen live, that’s for sure,” Broad said.
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It is said that he is the best fast bowler ever."
West Indies great Malcolm Marshall was 'miles better' than him. Depending on the article, how will you declare Bumrah as the 'best'? It’s the best I’ve ever seen live, that’s for sure,” Broad said.
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