Scott Oliver looks back to when he signed, and then captained, Imran Tahir in club cricket

Imran had arrived in time for the second game of that 2008 season, at arch-rivals Longton, scene of his most recent appearance in 2005, the ghosts still hovering from our drubbing in a title showdown.
Once again, we found a green, nibbly surface – fine: we hadn’t expected them to roll out a straw carpet – and Immy finished with a third straight one-for (1-89) down there. Our 45-year-old career wicket-keeper-turned-offie Roger Shaw nipped in with 2-14 as Longton posted 238-8 from 56 overs, leaving us ...