In one of the most bizarre moments in the history of cricket, former Australian fast bowler John Hastings performed a shameful performance for Australia Champion during the World Championship of the Legends 2025 (WCL 2025) match against Pakistan Champions in England.
Australia Champion lost ten wickets in this WCL 2025 match at Grace Road, Lecester, and John Hastings became his biggest disaster. Earlier, the Australian side was excluded for just 74 runs in 11.5 overs against Pakistan.
Australia Champion takes out for 74 in WCL 2025 against Pakistan Champion
Only three players, including Ben Dunk (26), Calum Ferguson (10), and Extra (11), reached double figures as Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal, who fled through the Australian line-up, took 6 wickets for only 16 runs, to help the Kangaroo out of 12 overs.
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During the pursuit of Pakistan, which was already smooth at 55 without any loss, Australia Champion captain Brett Lee handed John Hastings a ball in the eighth over, and the nightmare began. Pesar, 39, performed a bizarre bowling, consisting of 12 wides and a no-ball.
John Hastings bowled the most bizarre ever
The eighth oversrestured for a total of 18 delivery, but the WCL 2025 was only five legal in the clash. Hastings started the over with five wide in a row, which missed everyone, widening outside the off stump.
He finally managed to bowl two appropriate delivery – one was killed for a deeper point, and the other went straight down to the ground for four runs.
But just when it seemed that the Australian fast bowler could be organized, he overturned the line, gave a no-ball.
This delivery also went down from the foot side and it could be called a wide in itself. Then the free hit was another wide, was going up again and was running his leg down.
Trying to accommodate, Hastings changed his angle and bowled even to the left -handed Sharjil Khan around the wicket, but managed to remove only one leg. Switch back to Sohab Maqsood of the right hand, he bowled another wide, recalled the off stump by a big margin.
John Hastings’s comprehensive gifts Pakistan an easy win
Then, the former pacer did two more legal delivery. There was a dot ball, but it was also almost a wide, and the other was naked to the leg from one to the deep square.
But his grief did not end there because Hastings finished the over with five more comprehensive. The first three were down to the leg for Sharjil, and the last two had flew outside the stump so far, they were almost away from the pitch.
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Pakistan opener Sharjil Khan (32* from 32* 23) and Sohaib Maqsood (26 to 26*) were abandoned, such as Brett Lee and the rest of the Australian team, Hastings struggled to bowl directly on Grace Road.
Well, the Pakistan Champion chased the target in only 7.5 overs, highly easily sealed the victory, thanks to the 19 runs in that single disastrous by Hastings.
See disastrous in WCL 2025 Clash:
Bro bowled 18 balls pic.twitter.com/i1EYBRQNCU
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However, despite this huge defeat, Australian legends still have a chance to make it a championship of the Legends 2025 (WCL 2025) final, as they are set to face the South African champion in the upcoming WCL 2025 semi -finals in Birmingham on 31 July.