Raza shakes Zimbabwe out of their funk (CricInfo)
"Brother, you say I led the side, I didn't," Raza insisted. "I'll be honest with you, I didn't. My job was made easier by ten other blokes who were on the park with me. Everybody wants to win. When you've got ten other guys trying to pull in one direction, and if you're one guy and you're low on energy, there is so much energy around you, and a positive attitude around you, that it's difficult to fall into a bad place. It was quite nice that everyone was buzzing.
"One man can't do anything. It was all eleven of us. It took all eleven of us to win the game. So as much as it might look like it was me, it wasn't. I'll tell you I was the last guy. It was my team that actually got the job done for me."
As the sun set, with the ground darkening and emptying, Raza walked around the outfield alone, stopping first to talk to a child sitting alone at deep midwicket. He walked on, lingering at Castle Corner, the rowdy epicentre of crowd support at this match, where 10 or so well-watered fans were still cheering the win. They took some pictures, an autograph or two and a chat. As he walked back towards the change room, still alone, he stopped to talk to anyone who wanted his time, shaking hands and thanking the fans for their support. Before he'd left the field, a member of the ground staff rushed on to give him a bear hug. Bob Marley's Zimbabwe rang out around the ground across the PA. The words to its verses could not have been more apt.
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