This was simply not cricket, but it did not matter as long as you did not lose

Shuja-ud-Din, who played in this poignant contest, recorded: 'This was simply not cricket, but it did not matter as long as you did not lose.'

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It was becoming evident that Tests between Pakistan and India had developed a unique sensibility. Those who ere normal became slightly mad. Those who were already troubled were temporarily blinded with a kind of insanity.

P. Oborne, Wounded tiger (2014), 109