By Richard Clarke

SARIM Akhtar always laughs at being labelled “the angry face of cricket”.It is just over two years since, somewhat reluctantly, he drove three hours down to Taunton to see Pakistan play Australia in the World Cup.Within 36 overs, David Warner had thumped 103 as his country moved to a daunting 235-3. Then, to add to the problem, Asif Ali spilled the opener at third man, just in front of where Akhtar was sitting.“It was a dolly catch,” he said. “The second one we had dropped off Warner and we were already facing something like 350. I w...