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No push-ups, pray instead: Pakistan politician tells cricketers

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has barred its players from performing push-ups as part of their celebration after winning matches. The board's executive committee chairman Najam Sethi confirmed this to a National Assembly committee on Wednesday.

Reportedly, the PCB was forced to act after lawmakers raised questions during a meeting of the Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee over the cricket team performing push-ups after victory in international matches.

It was Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq who first started this new tradition when he completed his century on the opening day of the first Test against England in July, and the gesture was repeated by the entire team upon their victory at Lord's.

"Who were Misbah-ul-Haq and other players giving a message to by doing push-ups?" asked Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Rana Muhammad Afzal.

The Pakistan politician also wondered why the players did push-ups when the team won and were silent when it lost.

Another PML-N MNA, Chaudhary Nazeer Ahmad, opined that while physical movement was a healthy activity, "it would have been better if the players offered nawafil (special prayers) instead of doing press-ups on the victory".

PCB's Sethi responded that Misbah had performed the push-ups to show off his fitness after completing a century, which was later followed by other players. The players had done press-ups following their pre-tour boot camp with the Pakistan Army but "this activity has been stopped now", he told the committee.

In other episodes Misbah-ul-Haq's side went on an army boot camp before the tour to improve their infamously poor fitness, senior batsman Younis Khan led the squad in performing a routine of press-ups followed by a military-style salute in front of the ground's famous Pavilion and very recently Azhar Ali celebrated in a similar style after completing his triple ton.

"That was my promise to the army guys," Misbah had said at a press conference after the match, referring to the unusual celebration.



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