By Tawhid Qureshi

For someone who had come within a whisker of registering a five-wicket haul on their first-class debut – and against the county champions and league leaders – Arafat Bhuiyan looked remarkably composed.
Facing the press at the end of day two of Kent’s match against Surrey at The Oval in May, Bhuiyan reflected on how he ripped the heart out of a vaunted Surrey batting line-up, his deceptively brisk bowling accounting for Ollie Pope, Jamie Smith, Ben Foakes and Will Jacks.
“I’ve worked hard for this for nearly seven or eight years, said Bhuiyan. “I did really well in pre-s...