Tim Bresnan backs Cook's comments on Pakistan's celebration at Lord's

Pakistan beat England in the first Test match of the series by 75 runs at the Lord’s. After the historic win, Pakistan celebrated their win by performing a series of push-ups which was a tribute to their army camp which they had been a part of ahead of the series.

The England skipper had, later on, said that the celebration wasn’t a pleasant viewing. England seamer Tim Bresnan also joins his skipper saying that the celebrations might come back to haunt Pakistan later in the series. Bresnan tweeted saying, “That might bite you, boys. Carma [sic] catches up with you eventually. It did with the Sprinkler.”

It was a reference to the dance performed by the England team including Bresnan and Cook after they had retained the Ashes at Melbourne in 2010-11. But it was a different story altogether when Cook’s side visited Australia three years later which they lost 5-0, though the result had more to do with Mitchell Johnson than the Sprinkler.

That might bite you boys. Carma catches up with you eventually. It did with the Sprinkler.

— Tim Bresnan (@timbresnan) July 17, 2016

Coming into the series, England were considered to be the favorites mainly because of the home record and also to consider the fact that they are coming in the back of some good wins against South Africa in South Africa and against Sri Lanka.

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However, Mohammad Amir’s come back is expected to be a huge advantage for the visitors and all the focus was on him ahead of the Test match. But it was the wily leg-spinner Yasir Shah, who pouched 10 wickets and ended up being the player of the match. Pakistan are now leading the series 1-0.

Earlier, the Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq celebrated his first century at Lords in a similar fashion taking 10 push-ups on Day 1 of the Test match. “You don’t take any offence, but certainly at that emotive time, it’s not pleasant viewing,” Cook said after the match about the team celebration.