Marco Jansen’s huge no-ball evokes reminiscences of Mohammad Amir’s spot-fixing incident | – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: South African pacer Marco Jansen discovered himself in large hassle as he grabbed consideration for all of the mistaken causes together with his huge no-ball on the second day of the second Check towards Pakistan in Cape City on Saturday.
Jansen’s front-foot no-ball introduced again reminiscences of the notorious spot-fixing incident involving former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir, who bowled an enormous no-ball throughout a Check match towards England in 2010.
The incident passed off in Jansen’s first over of the innings when he delivered a size ball to Babar Azam. The digicam rapidly targeted on Jansen, revealing his proper foot effectively past the crease, sparking issues and elevating questions on a potential spot-fixing challenge.
Earlier than that, Jansen took opposition bowlers to the cleaners with a blistering 62 off 54 balls, that includes 8 fours and three sixes.
Earlier, Ryan Rickelton scored an impressive 259 as South Africa posted a commanding first-innings complete of 615 all out.
Resuming his innings on 176, Rickelton performed a supporting position, permitting Kyle Verreynne (100) and Jansen to dominate in quick-scoring partnerships of 148 for the sixth wicket and 86 for the seventh wicket.
The left-handed opening batter reached his double century off 266 balls and was lastly seventh out, caught at mid-on going for a giant hit. He batted for 607 minutes, going through 343 balls and hitting 29 fours and three sixes.
It was the joint seventh highest rating by a South African batsman in Check cricket.