Pak vs Eng, Third Test – Sajid Khan says poor understanding of Urdu helped his batting

It wasn’t going to be a show, but according to Sajid, the target audience for the chat was none other than the Pakistani-born pushers Rehan Ahmed and Shoaib Bashir.

“We were only doing that [speaking loudly in Urdu] to deceive the bowlers. Rehan and Shoaib understand Urdu, so to fool them, we wanted them to hear that we only want one. When we did that, they raised the pitch and the pitchers flew it. Saud told me once they did, there are no half measures: just go and get the biggest shot you can. “

And Sajid did. The next over Bashir bowled, Sajid plundered two sixes and a boundary in the same way, swinging towards the midwicket boundary, getting the middle of the bat every time. 19 He went down there, and although Rehan calmed him down, he was stabbed once when he spread the field. Sajid took the men in a long and long walk, clearing the rope well. The wheels, meanwhile, had started to come off England’s bowling effort, and Pakistan were leading the way.

Rehan acknowledged the quality of the innings, but had none of Sajid’s claims. “He didn’t cheat on me at all, he just said to the media” , he laughed “I didn’t hear him. He said something like he was going to drop the ball and I knew he was going to try again. He hit me, and it didn’t really work, I think he hit well, and he hit big blows, but he didn’t really cheat on me or Bash.