He smashed jaws, he thrashed sixes: Wasim Akram in the Birmingham league in 1999 - The Cricket Monthly

About 23 years ago, caught in the turmoil of the match-fixing saga, the Pakistani legend turned out for Smethwick CC

One sweltering Sunday morning in June 1999 at Smethwick CC, a couple of miles west of Birmingham city centre, the members started funnelling into the pavilion for a one-off happenstance in the histor… [+36949 chars]

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