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My Golden Summer, 2003/04: Exploring Pakistani culture and an unplayable Shoaib
"I felt strangely privileged to have visited Pakistan"
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"I felt strangely privileged to have visited Pakistan"
"Cluelessness was all the rage in ’93. This was England, doing cricket, in Waugh time"
"For us boys, it was heaven"
"Formidable characters and questionable umpiring meant the series was more fractious than most"
"The months that followed the series saw huge changes in the perception of cricket in England"
"To Victorian eyes, the raw deal handed to the ‘A’s’ was just the latest slight to add to our existing…
"With West Indies’ 2000/01 tour of Australia went the last link to their golden era"
“Both teams demonstrated that Tests can be played in an excellent spirit, without incidents”
"Cricket was about entertainment, about sportsmanship"
"He is the supreme cricketer of my lifetime, and that was his greatest summer"