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Tag: Sajid Khan

October 24, 2024 England / Pakistan

Let Noman wheel away unchanged

2 minute readZahid Mahmood took a wicket today. That was quite a big moment. It’s been a while since anyone other than Noman Ali or Sajid Khan took one for Pakistan. Zahid was lucky to even get a bowl, quite frankly. In the second Test, Noman Ali bowled 44.3 overs and Sajid

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October 16, 2024 England / Pakistan

Did you see… the butter/dragonfly that tried to run out Zak Crawley?

3 minute readLook, we’re not an entomologist and grainy, low quality social media footage isn’t helping us here. All we know is a flapping insect tried to run Zak Crawley out, only for Sajid Khan to get to the stumps first, where he made a right royal hash of things. You think

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