Bad news comes in battalions.
There was the death of Shakoor Rana, one of the most famous Test umpires in the world, for the wrong reasons. He was, of course, the umpire who was involved in the finger-wagging incident with Mike Gatting in Faisalabad in November 1987. I do not wish to dwell on the incident except to say that I was present at Faisalabad and was doing the television commentary and was on the air when the incident took place. There is no doubt in my mind who was at fault and it wasn't Shakoor Rana. It is that laugh, that cheerfulness that I will miss.