A formeremployeeof theTanzanianRailwaysCorp., hehad done the end-to-end journey fromDar es Salaam tohishome in Kigoma moretimes than he could remember.
How far (if at all) there is now a rift between Salahuddin and the Pakistan-based leadership and Dar and his commanders on the ground is difficult to gauge.
On one occasion, Chamara Kapugedara, who was eventually put out of his misery when driving Broad to mid-off, threw his bat out of his hands all the way to square-leg umpire Aleem Dar.
Alastair Cook edged the second ball of the match, a perfectly placed delivery from Zaheer Khan and Matt Prior moved across his stumps at the rather and was given out by Aleem Dar in the fourth over.