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October 23, 2022 India / Pakistan

Slogs of the Day: Haris Rauf v India, Virat Kohli v Pakistan

< 1 minute readWe were already fond of Haris Rauf’s look and disrespect for physics. Now we’re a fan of his batting too after he followed up a huge six against India with three almighty air swishes, the third of which netted Pakistan another two runs. Going purely on slog aesthetics, the first

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September 26, 2022 England / Pakistan

Haris Rauf has a look and no respect for physics

2 minute readHaris Rauf looks tired. Not sleepy tired. The kind of tired where you have no patience for anything. The kind of tired where if you say the wrong thing he will very quickly go from quiet and reserved to absolutely going off his head at you in a highly terrifying

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