VIDEO | Qais Ahmad’s Mitchell Johnson impression leaves Ben McDermott with sore fingers

Having already picked 5 wickets in his first 2 BBL games of the season, the Hurricanes, on Tuesday versus the Renegades, once again rest their hopes on the shoulders of Qais, hoping for him to pull off another magic trick or two to guide them to victory. And the leggie obliged, albeit his trick ending as a ‘tragicomedy’. 

On the second ball of the 9th over, with Shaun Marsh on strike batting on 31*, Qais decided to ‘go for the kill’ and unleash the bouncer on the batsman. Prior to the ball, he was trying to signal to the wicket-keeper McDermott that the bouncer was indeed on its way, by stretching both his ankles in a weird manner. But the keeper, who was in a world of his own, failed to pay attention to the bowler’s signals and later faced the wrath of his own actions.

Qais’ ‘surprise weapon’ ended up in the undoing of his own teammate and skipper, who was left with sore fingers. But luckily for the Hurricanes, it did not affect them as with the bat, McDermott struck an unbeaten fifty to guide his team home.