A new country and a new set of umpires could mean fresh scrutiny for Usman Tariq. But as Pakistan’s late-blooming mystery spinner prepares for his first outing in the T20 Blast, he says he welcomes questions about his action.
Tariq, 30, has signed for the Bears in the Blast, along with Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred, to continue a remarkable rise. After spending his early 20s working for a car-parts company in Dubai, he watched a biopic of India’s MS Dhoni and decided to pack it in to pursue his cricketing dream.
