Shan Masood: Misbah always has a joke or two up his sleeve.

Shan Masood: Misbah always has a joke or two up his sleeve. He keeps it very relaxed, and we are fortunate to have seniors like that who you can openly approach. They may seem mature and serious on television, but when they’re with their team they treat it as their home. Even when we’re losing he’ll say something like: “When we were bowling it seemed like a flat track and now they’re bowling it feels like Perth!”

He’s especially good with the bowlers. He is always joking about setting fields and the bowlers getting it wrong. Then the coach says things like, “How do I deal with this guy?” and Misbah says, “You only have to deal with him for 40 minutes at lunch or 20 minutes at tea! I have to deal with them for six hours a day!”