Pakistan are touring one of the toughest places in the longest format and are off to a great start in the first test at Day-1 at Lords.
The skipper of the touring side, Misbah ul Haq was incidentally playing his first test in England, at Lords, at the age of 42, and to get over all odds, scored his 10th test century to help his side to a decent start to their tour to the UK.
After scoring a century, the Pakistan skipper took off his helmet and set off to do push-ups as if to prove that he is still as young as anyone was on the field.
It was a great moment for the most successful test skipper from his country and he has once again shouldered the responsibilities of his side and has managed to take them through Day-1 at Lords without ay embarrassment.
He is easily the best batsman from Pakistan in recent times and his century today saw social media go crazy. People from all over the world realized the value of his knock and took it to twitter to congratulate him.
Here is a collection of the best tweets:
When the next gen of Shahzads and Akmals come by, Misbah will still be not out at the other end…….
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/punjabified/status/753640330302455808
https://twitter.com/sagarcasm/status/753634275963068416
Things that get better with age:
Husbands
Wines
Misbah-ul-Haq#EngvPak— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) July 14, 2016
Misbah (42 years and 47 days) – the oldest captain in history to score a hundred in Tests, beating Bob Simpson (41y 359d) vs Ind in 1978.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) July 14, 2016
Push up Celebration from Misbah-ul-Haq :v
— Abhijeet ♞ (@TheYorkerBall) July 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/nadeemmalik/status/753636363778621440
Congrats Misbah-Ul-Haq on a superb captain's century at Lord's.
ps he's 7 years older than Kevin Pietersen.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 14, 2016
Very fine test hundred to Misbah-ul-Haq, number 10, coming at 42 yrs of age! #ENGvPAK #LordsTest #honourboard
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) July 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/Minhal_Shah1/status/753637168929792001
https://twitter.com/murtaza13/status/753637010317971456
Absolute gem of an innings by Misbah ul Haq. Century in First innings in England. Leading from the front #PAKvENG #ENGvPAK #KingMisbah #PAK
— T@U$$ (@seeeeeeeff) July 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/Mr_AlyHassan4/status/753643887131029504
https://twitter.com/rehan7150/status/753643884354347008
Wanna know How to celebrate the maiden century in #Lords?? Watch the celebration by #Misbah
— John Reese (@ragul_vjfan) July 14, 2016