{"id":425921,"date":"2026-01-20T17:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/425921\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:31:11","slug":"babar-azam-left-fuming-at-teammate-steve-smith-duo-kiss-and-make-up-moises-henriques-why-was-babar-azam-upset-didnt-shake-hands-frustrated-sydney-sixers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/425921\/","title":{"rendered":"Babar Azam left fuming at teammate Steve Smith, duo kiss and make up, Moises Henriques, why was Babar Azam upset, didn\u2019t shake hands, frustrated, Sydney Sixers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sydney Sixers captain Moises Henriques says it was simply a \u201cmisunderstanding\u201d that left star recruit Babar Azam fuming at teammate Steve Smith \u2013 but confirmed the duo are \u201cback friendly again\u201d.<\/p>\n

It was last Friday night that Azam reportedly shut himself away from teammates<\/a> at the SCG and then refused to shake hands with Sydney Thunder rivals after his side\u2019s BBL win.<\/p>\n

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The Pakistani international had been knocked back for a single by fellow opener, Aussie star Steve Smith \u2013 who went on to smack 32 off the following powerplay. Azam then got out the next ball he faced.<\/p>\n

The BBL import smacked the boundary rope in frustration in an act that was branded \u201cnot a good look\u201d by Aussie great Mark Waugh.<\/p>\n

But speaking on Tuesday night, Sixers skipper Henriques said the matter had been put to bed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took a couple of days for that to settle down,\u201d he shared on Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I think it\u2019s just a bit of a misunderstanding of culture, of each other to be honest.<\/p>\n

Babar fumes at Smith before record over | 01:42<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty common thing in our culture and maybe you know for (Azam) he wasn\u2019t used to it; didn\u2019t quite understand.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce it was explained to him, he was absolutely fine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve kissed and made up. Two of the greats back friendly again.\u201d<\/p>\n

RELATED<\/p>\n

\u2018WE\u2019RE ALL GOOD\u2019: Smith opens up on bizarre teammate rift<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018HE NEEDS TO BE HAPPY\u2019: Pakistan star fumes in awkward moment<\/a><\/p>\n

Henriques said he and Sixers coach Greg Shipperd were immediately concerned by Azam\u2019s disappointment.<\/p>\n

It was reported Azam told teammates he felt \u201cdisrespected\u201d by Smith\u2019s call to take strike for the powerplay over.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlways trying to understand. What we could visibly see he was quite upset with what happened on the field so we needed to try and understand why he felt that way,\u201d Henriques said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce we got to the bottom of it, it was OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Aussie star Mike Hussey said the ability to put the matter to bed was what made the Sixers such a powerhouse side in the BBL.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust goes to show with good management how you can deal with situations like that,\u201d he praised.<\/p>\n

\u201cI liked what (Henriques) said \u2013 tried to get an understanding from his point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney Sixers captain Moises Henriques says it was simply a \u201cmisunderstanding\u201d that left star recruit Babar Azam fuming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1724,64,63,221181,223624,9203,18763,124540,136385,189821,15299,223623,12540,85,203262,183839,18784,158194,109024],"class_list":["post-425921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-babar-fumes","tag-bizarre-teammate-rift","tag-catherine-healey","tag-greg-shipperd","tag-mark-waugh","tag-mike-hussey","tag-moises-henriques","tag-pakistan","tag-powerhouse-side","tag-southern-asia","tag-sports","tag-star-fumes","tag-star-recruit","tag-steven-smith","tag-sydney-sixers","tag-sydney-thunder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}