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Shakoor Rana knew where Allah is!
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Shakoor Rana, years before becoming famous in 1987, umpired in England. And John Barclay, the Suusex captain, remembers that summer of 1981 quite well.
Barclay had been told by an India taxi-driver to ask " Where's Allah?" ( instead of the more common 'Howzat') when appealing to Shakoor Rana. The response would be a finger pointing to the sky.
Rana was too clever for all this.
"Not that silly trick again.", he said as Barclay walked back to his mark.