Shamsi: Unmasking red-ball form

TABRAIZ Shamsi wore a mask on a cricket field long before it became the “new normal”.

In fact, Shamsi’s celebration – first seen during the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) – of pulling out a scarf from under his neck before covering his face with it and wheeling away was banned by the International Cricket Council.

At the time the left-arm wrist-spinner took to Twitter to defend his actions, claiming