Mohammad Amir gets annoyed with Essex teammate Paul Walter on the field

You cannot keep Mohammad Amir out of the game for too long and that is now a known fact. This time the Pakistani speedster who is playing his debut Natwest tournament made news, not for his impressive outing in England but for losing his cool at Essex teammate Paul Walter for poor fielding.

The incident took place during the NatWest T20 Blast game between Essex and Sussex on August 18, when Amir was into his second over, bowling in the powerplay overs while opener Chris Nash was on strike. On the second delivery of the fifth over Amir bowled a slightly fuller length ball which was flicked away by Nash as he shuffled across the crease. Amir had a fielder at deep square leg for that shot but Walter standing at the position misjudged the ball as he lost it in the sun.

Walter did not know where the ball went and lost an easy wicket-taking opportunity and Amir, who has often been associated with being animated on the field, was furious as he saw Walter make a mess of the chance. Amir was fuming as he pumped his fists towards the ground and then signalled Walter to use his sunglasses to block the sun which he had sitting pretty on his cap, unused for its actual purpose.

As Amir may have experienced this in his time with the Pakistan, team poor fielding and missed chances proved to be expensive even for Essex as Nash utilized his second life to score a match winning 53-ball 73 which included 7 fours and 2 sixes.

Watch the video of the incident here:

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Despite the missed chance, Amir bowled well throughout the innings giving just 27 runs from 4 overs and found one success. The left-arm pacer ended up taking Nash’s wicket in the penultimate over of the first innings but by that time, the damage was done, Sussex put on a total of 172 for 4 which turned out to be too good for Essex. They were never in the hunt of chasing down the target and eventually, were bowled out for 117 with 25 balls to spare.