Wasim Akram’s wife is shocked to see what her ‘extremely busy’ husband is up to

Commentators might be former cricketers who are still passionate about the game the once played but they are also men with families. And like any other professional, they also owe explanations to their partners for what they were doing at the workplace. The defaulters can well expect what music is in store for them.

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram had a similar experience on Friday when his country was set to face Sri Lanka in their third league game of ICC World Cup 2o19 in Bristol. Akram was supposed to do commentary for the match along with other former players like Kumar Sangakkara and Graeme Smith.

But the elements didn’t permit the game to happen as it was a complete washout – the first of this year’s World Cup and the commentators made out their own time and space in the box to kill time. The official handle of Cricket World Cup even shared a video on Twitter in which the trio was seen enjoying an indoor game of cricket as the ground crew were trying to dry the ground for the game.

Akram was too busy but for what?

But one individual was ‘not impressed’ with this alternative occupation and it was Akram’s Australian-born wife Shaniera. Married to the legend since 2013, Shaniera took to Twitter to reveal a short family story in which she said she saw the video of the commentators enjoying inside the box just after her husband told her that he was “extremely busy” and had to call her back.

Just spoke to my husband and he said he had to call me back as he was extremely busy……… then I saw this footage ???????? #RainDelay #PAKvSL #Bristol #CWC19 @wasimakramlive https://t.co/n6HflmTOGv

— Shaniera Akram (@iamShaniera) June 7, 2019

We didn’t know what Akram, who has 502 wickets in ODIs and was the man of the final in the 1992 edition, had prepared for his self-defence but he certainly had no fault in this. Old habits indeed die hard, especially in the company of like-minded individuals.

The wash-out, meanwhile, saw the former champions Pakistan and Lanka sharing a point each from the game. Pakistan fans, however, noticed some pleasing similarity with their team’s journey in the 1992 World Cup that they had won. That year, too, Pakistan started off with a 10-wicket loss to the West Indies and then beat Zimbabwe while their match against England in Adelaide was washed out and they shared a point despite getting all-out for just 74.

This time, Pakistan started with a 7-wicket defeat against the Windies and then beat England by 14 runs and saw their third match getting washed out.