evidence: West Brom would certainly be no pushovers. Taking strike was Wagh, who would retire with 12,455 first-class runs. His opening partner Mike Rindel had played 22 ODIs for South Africa, scoring a hundred against Pakistan, Wasim and Waqar included, in one - a final in Johannesburg, pinpointed by Qayyum as one of eight key suspicious games, before which an irate Latif had the Pakistan team swear on the Koran that they weren't involved in fixing, after Saleem Malik had unilaterally u-turned on strategy at the toss. At No. 4 was Bedfordshire batter Richard Dalton, good enough two years earlier to crash a 59-ball 76 against Derbyshire for Minor Counties, and 69 from 47 against Worcestershire. Nine overs into West Brom's reply, however, they were all back in the shed, courtesy of Akram: one bounced out, the other two comprehensively bowled. "Rindel creamed one through the covers for four off Wasim," recalls McDonald, "cracking shot, and you just saw something switch in [Akram]. He really let the reins off. That little spell was absolutely electric to watch."