IT has been a good few days for graduates of the South Asian Cricket Academy (SACA).
After Kashif Ali did that organisation proud by scoring twin hundreds for Worcestershire against Warwickshire at Edgbaston last week, Zaman Akhter claimed the prize scalps of Joe Root and Harry Brook as Yorkshire initially struggled in the sunshine. They do not come much bigger than Root and Brook, and Akhter - a 25-year-old seamer playing just his ninth first-class match - had the red-letter day of a burgeoning career, finishing with 5-89 from 18.3 overs.
On a pitch that had no more than the expected demons for the time of year, Masood soon ticked off the single he needed to go to his fifty, reached from 83 balls with eight fours, and he found a willing ally in Jonny Tattersall, the pair transforming the picture in the afternoon session.
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