An England team batting like they are in something of a rush was hit by an immediate delay when travelling from Rawalpindi, scene of their seismic victory against Pakistan in the first Test, to bustling Multan.
As the press corps went by road through the Valley of Peacocks, Kallar Kahar, past the orange groves of Sargodha and the smoking brick kilns on the outskirts of Faisalabad, the two teams were stuck at the airport for nearly four hours on account of fog at their charter flight’s destination.
