Peshawar Zalmi batter Ben Cutting engaged in a middle-finger exchange with Quetta Gladiators bowler Sohail Tanvir during the recent Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022 match on February 15, 2022. Both the teams locked horns with each other in order to secure their place in the playoffs of the ongoing season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022.
The argument between Ben Cutting and Tanvir stems from an incident that took place in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2018, where Sohail Tanvir, playing for Guyana Amazon Warriors had clean bowled Ben Cutting of St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and then gave Cutting a sendoff buy showing him a middle finger of both hands.
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This led to Sohail Tanvir being fined 15% of his match fee for making an obscene gesture. Tanvir accepted the sanction handed to him by match referee Denavon Hayles. It seems, that Ben Cutting had remembered the incident from the CPL 2018, and gave it back to Sohail Tanvir after smashing him to all parts of the Lahore Stadium.
During the high stakes match-up, Zalmi batter Ben Cutting smashed Tanvir in the 19th over all-over the park and amassed 27 runs, courtesy of four sixes, a single, and a double. And then, Cutting got some payback as he showed the same finger gesture to Tanvir. This led to an argument between the two. The on-field umpire intervened and dispersed them.
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However, in the next over, Naseem Shah managed to get the wicket of Ben Cutting. However, Tanvir was at short third man and took the catch. After taking his catch, Tanvir again showed the finger gesture.
Here is the video of the incident:
https://twitter.com/cricketvid/status/1493628613966675969?s=20&t=zdzXGQaoB0FoD_92XyS92A
Peshawar Zalmi batted first after winning the toss and managed to register a score of 185/7 in 20 overs. Mohamad Haris made 29, Shoaib Malik continued his golden run and made 58, while Hussain Talat smashed 51 in 33 balls. Ben Cutting finished with 36 in 14 balls with 4 sixes and 1 four to his name.
