Taunted by spectators: Hafeez comes to Amir’s rescue

Fast bowler Mohammad Amir, who made his rebound to worldwide cricket following a five-year boycott, was provoked by an area of group amid Pakistan's first ODI with New Zealand in Wellington on Monday. 

As Amir came back to his handling position on the limit, a person from the same segment of the stands started waving coin notes. "The episode has left the 23-year-old bothered," sources in the group said. 

As this was going on, previous chief Mohammad Hafeez ventured into the youthful quick bowler's salvage. 

Hafeez and alternate players reported it to the Pakistan group's security in-control and the ground staff was asked for to intercede. The Basin Reserve's security continued to the stand and issued a sound cautioning to that person. 

After the match finished, sources said that the individual being referred to was advised to "carry on" or face launch from the stadium. 

Hafeez and one-day universal captain Azhar Ali were entirely against Amir's arrival to Pakistan hues. They went similarly as boycotting a national preparing camp in view of the left-arm pacer's vicinity. 

Be that as it may, Hafeez in especially had taken a to a great degree cruel position on the issue. He had allegedly turned down an offer from a Bangladesh Premier League establishment having Amir in their lineup, and declined to confront the youthful quick bowler amid one of the nets session at the Gaddafi Stadium. 

Hafeez had constantly kept up that "it is about the picture of Pakistan cricket". 

Today in Wellington, wearing Pakistan hues, seeing his buddy being sledged at, Hafeez satisfied his words. 

In a different improvement, a pack of columnists in Lahore suggested a precarious conversation starter to PCB supremo Shaharyar Khan after Amir knocked down some pins a wide off his first conveyance back in ODIs. 

Khan, who assumed control over the board's chairmanship in August 2014, was brisk in rubbishing their suspicions. 

"A wide and a no-ball in cricket is as regular as winning and losing. I am fulfilled by Amir's execution," he said.