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Watch: Vaughan dismissal of Jaffer resurfaces after Twitter war of words

by Wisden Staff March 13, 2021 - 10:03am 2 minute read

A clip of the first Test wicket taken by Michael Vaughan, that of Wasim Jaffer at Lord’s in 2002, has resurfaced following a Twitter back and forth between the pair.

Jaffer’s tweets and memes have made quite an impact on the social media platform in recent times, and Vaughan bit back after Jaffer’s latest barb.

Vaughan, who had tweeted that Mumbai Indians are a better T20 side than India after their collapse against England on Friday in the first T20I, was greeted with a sharp tongue-in-cheek reply from Jaffer, who pointed out that “not all teams are lucky enough to play four overseas players”, an apparent reference to the fact that several members of the England team were born outside the country.

Not all teams are lucky enough to play four overseas players Michael😏 #INDvENG https://t.co/sTmGJLrNFt

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) March 12, 2021

Vaughan retorted with a reminder of the time he dismissed Jaffer in Test cricket.

Have you still not recovered from me getting you out at Lords !?? https://t.co/K1Us0ci7Yo

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 12, 2021

Jaffer was the first of Vaughan’s six Test wickets after the part-time off-spinner forced an edge to first slip in the fourth innings of the Lord’s Test in 2002. Rob Moody, or Robelinda2, as he is otherwise known, quickly chipped in with a clip of the dismissal itself.

Watch the dismissal here: