AUS vs WI | Twitter in splits as laughing Hazlewood shoos COVID positive Green away amidst wicket celebrations

‌Australia established their dominance early on the opening day in the second Test against West Indies in Brisbane by stifling openers Kraigg Braithwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul with the new pink ball. It was only a matter of time before one of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood broke through to extend their stellar record in the day night Tests and the latter eventually delivered in the eighth over, extracting a thin outside edge off the opposition skipper that was comfortably bagged by Alex Carey. However, what followed enthralled the spectators in the audience and at home to no ends.

All the baggy greens rushed in from across the field huddle to around Hazlewood and celebrate the dismissal, as did Cameron Green from his standard gully position. Yet, the all-rounder could not indulge in his usual antics given he had tested positive for COVID-19 on the eve of the encounter, meaning he had to maintain distance with the other players on the field apart from using a separate changing room. Green realized his situation just in time and even as he simulated a fist bump with the bowler, Hazlewood was quick to shoo him away with both hands to reinforce the new status quo.

Twitterati was quick to shoot their hilarious reactions on the amusing incident.

Go away!!

— Glennmax (@maxglenn425) 

Captain departs

WI 1/9 off 8ov



Braithwaite out for 4

C Carey B Hazelwood 

— Tim 🏆 (@TimothyJ_23) 

Masterming

i promise you all evidence points to ali hazelwood being a swiftie and hearing mastermind and basing nolan and mallory on it (evidence in comments)

— julia 😝 (@jgfaith11) 

Absolute howler

Hazelwood first delivery shows the only saving grace for DRS - avoid absolute howler decisions. Blind Freddy could see and Deaf Freddy could hear that hit the bat.

— Darryl Berg (@ossienet) 

LOL

"I've watched a lot of cricket in my time, but rarely have I ever seen a fast bowler giving someone from his own side a send off" 😂  

— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) 

Very different

First boundary of the Gabba Test arrives in the 10th over. A somewhat different tempo to Hyderabad 

— Andrew McGlashan (@andymcg_cricket) 

Very distanced

Cameron Green in a gully position even during the National anthem owing to the Covid-induced social distancing   

— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) 

Tactics!

Seeing the amount of turn Jadeja is getting, Cummins brings Lyon on.  

— Dan Liebke (@LiebCricket) 

Agreed

This is no shade to Cameron Green. I just feel like if you have something like Covid you shouldn’t be playing like at all. It’s just risking further players to become infected? 

— Ash (@_hattrickash_) 

Pretty weird

Cameron Green, who has been standing next to teammates on the field and talking to them for the last hour, is ludicrously forced to stand 2 metres away during the anthem for optics reasons 🙄  

— Mark Gottlieb (@MarkGottlieb)