Twitter salutes evergreen Misbah-ul-Haq and his epic celebration at Lord’s
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On the opening day of the first Test between Pakistan and England, Misbah-ul-Haq became the oldest Test captain to hit a hundred. After completing the century, the 42-year-old also did ten push-ups to surprise everyone. Twitteratti also joined in on the fun, here are the best tweets.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man
Salute from the great Imran Khan
Congrats to Misbah for his century at Lords. That he couldn't make it to Pak team till age 34 speaks volumes abt state of our cricket system
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI)
Well done Bhai!
Love Misbah.. Unlike for most others nothing's come easy but the determination and strength of character is amazing .. Well done Bhai !!!
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69)
So glad for Misbah for coming back to the place he was caused to be captain and then stamping his authority with an honors board effort!
— Roshan Abeysinghe (@RoshanCricket)
Great job by misbah to save the day 4 Pak team .. Now they need to capitalised that to win the morning session it's important..
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph)
Superb century by Misbah. Not just today, but from the past few years, his achievements should be etched in letters of gold...
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Misbah the push up King! #100 #42 👏👏👏👏
— Dean Jones (@ProfDeano)
Great inning by Misbah Ul Haq well done
— Saeed Ajmal (@REALsaeedajmal)
A super duper knock by ! Loved the celebration push ups & the salute, we learnt at the Army Camp well done 💪🏼
— Shoaib Malik (@realshoaibmalik)
Another Misbah's classic! Well deserved 100 at lords. Not a bad effort from 42 year old.& Great celebration
— Azhar Mahmood (@AzharMahmood11)
Haha that is genius!! The best celebration I've ever seen!! Life in the old dog yet!! Misbah is going strong! Well played! 👏😆
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20)
Old is gold
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)
Age is just a number, isn’t it?
For Leander Peas & Misbah-ul-Haq there is still a life in sports after 40!
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Some press-ups from the commentary box!
In the commentary box, and watch Misbah reach his 100... And then do some press-up!
— Test Match Special (@bbctms)
Is it 'Misbhazor'?
Pokemon Go launched today in UK looks like Pakistan found really good Pokémon and trained well then named as Misbah...
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket)
This is viral!
Wasim Bhai gets asked about Misbah's celebration and Trott does push-ups 😂
— Ghumman (@Emclub7)
Fit and strong at 42
ha ha this is incredible from Misbah as he took ten push up's after the Century to show the world he still young and fit...
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket)
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