Inzy’s novel strike to recover form

“He’s hardly batting at the moment,” Pakistan media manager Samiul Hasan said. “He’s just been standing around.

“The idea is to make him hungry for runs. He had a 90-minute session in Kimberley (before the second game against Namibia), facing the quicks and the spinners and the bowling machine, but then missed out in the match.”

Hasan said Pakistan’s 1992 World Cup-winning captain Imran Khan had used the trick of trying to keep his players keen by restricting practices just before matches.

“The players met Imran before leaving for this tournament, so perhaps he gave them the idea,” he added.