Wasim Akram: “The journey from Lahore airport to the hotel, which usually takes about 20 minutes, took us seven hours. We were taken on an open-top bus. It felt like the whole of Pakistan had descended on the city”
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Legendary Pakistan seamer Wasim Akram has recalled how it took the national team seven hours to go from Lahore airport to their hotel after winning the 1992 World Cup.
Wasim Akram: “I felt very humiliated as I was rudely questioned and ordered publicly to take my insulin out of its travel cold-case and dumped into a plastic bag”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has lashed out at Manchester Airport over a incident involving his insulin.
Mohammad Asif was sent back to Pakistan after spending several hours in custody
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Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif was deported from Dubai airport as he didn’t possess the necessary travel documents to enter the United Arab Emirates.
“I can’t say there haven’t been some dark times where I thought it would be easier if I wasn’t here”
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Former England pace bowler Stephen Harmison has revealed that he battled severe depression during his international career and even thought about committing suicide prior to the national team’s tour of South Africa in 2004.
“He offered to pay for us insisting it was his way of welcoming us to New Zealand”
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Pakistan Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi and opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad were unable to pay for lunch at McDonald’s when landing at Auckland airport on Monday, but they received their meals for free after a fan offered to pay for them.
“He got to the point where he needed to tell someone”
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Steve Pearson, a close friend of Lou Vincent, told Southwark Crown Court that the former New Zealand batsman was desperate to confess his involvement in match-fixing.
“He did not realise he had the ammunition. It could happen to anybody”
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West Indies and Windward Islands wicketkeeper-batsman Andre Fletcher was fined EC $2000 (USD 740.75) for possession of ammunition after he appeared before a magistrate in Dominica.
Fletcher has represented the West Indies in 15 ODIs and 22 Twenty20 Internationals
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West Indies and Windward Islands wicketkeeper-batsman Andre Fletcher was reportedly arrested at Douglas Charles airport in Dominica for possessing ammunition.
“We will keep this matter under review and consider a tour when conditions are right”
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Ireland have announced that they are currently embroiled in talks with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) about scheduling a tour of the Asian nation in the near future.
“I was kind of scared because you never know with a head injury how serious it could be”
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Barbados batsman Omar Phillips has revealed that he doesn’t “really remember what happened” after he was struck on the back of the head during a first-class match against Windward Islands.
