Pakistan players push back boundaries with Zoom cricket
Bored during Pakistan's coronavirus lockdown, Test batsman Shan Masood placed on his helmet, picked up his bat -- and Zoom cricket was created.
Masood, 30, was video-chatting with teammates if they grabbed their cricket gear and pretended to play a match.
"A number of us guys were talking on Zoom and it had been pretty late at night and somebody just found a ball," Masood told AFP.
"He previously a ball (in) his hand and finally most of us got kitted up and we played... a made-up cricket match."
"So that was a significant funny moment where I sort of had my helmet on. Hassan Ali was seaming into the ball, Imam ul Haq was fielding, Wahab Riaz was the captain," he added.
"(We) just managed to get into a funny little incident."
Cricket, like most other sport, is on hold through the pandemic, much to the frustration of players and fans.
Masood said Pakistan's squad have been training in the home -- sometimes using staircases and armchairs as exercise equipment -- to get ready for cricket's return.
"Everyone's been training, everyone's been being good, and in addition that we need to remember that this is the month of Ramadan and it's really harder to train," said Masood.
"Hopefully that whenever this thing ends... all of this effort that we're putting in right now, despite having uncertainty around, it (will) be translated into cricketing performances."
