After hours of drama and brinkmanship in Dubai yesterday, the Pakistan-UAE match in the Asia Cup T20 tournament finally got underway - but not before a telling compromise. Zimbabwean match referee Andy Pycroft, who was behind the handshake controversy cropping up in the Pakistan-India encounter last Sunday, was forced to apologise to Pakistan captain and manager. For a match referee, the very custodian of cricket's integrity, to offer an apology is no trivial matter. Perhaps, a first in the history of cricket. It is, in........

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