5 most bizarre run outs in international cricket

Modified Oct 19, 2018 00:25 IST

#1 Azhar Ali vs Australia, October 2018 (Abu Dhabi)

Pakistan v Australia - 2nd Test Day Four

Australia fought really hard and managed to save the first Test in Dubai despite being behind for the most part of the game. However, they started well in the second Test, but soon squandered the advantage.

Pakistan were once again in the driver’s seat and were piling the misery on the Aussies. Azhar Ali, who hadn’t had the best of times in the series, scored a much-needed half-century in the second innings. He was looking good but a brain freeze brought an end to his innings.

Azhar Ali got a thick edge off a Peter Siddle delivery past the gully fielder who got a hand to it. The ball stopped inches before the boundary rope. However, the two batsmen, Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq, assumed the ball had reached the fence and it was a boundary. Mitchell Starc ran across and hurled the ball back to Tim Paine, who took the bails off to complete the run out.

Azhar Ali stood there in disbelief as a naïve and a very casual mistake cost him dearly.