Wasim Akram spent the best part of 20 years filleting batting lineups as the finest left-arm seamer of all time but it is only now, two decades on, that the former Pakistan captain feels comfortable discussing certain aspects of his life.
The 56-year-old is about to release Sultan, a memoir written with the Australian journalist Gideon Haigh that does not simply chart a master finessing over 900 international wickets, World Cup glory in 1992, entering Lancashire folklore and a glitzy celebrity lifestyle. Darker times are explored, including match-fixing allegations, ball-tampering headlines, a previously undisclosed cocaine addiction and the heartbreaking death of his first wife, Huma.
