Days before the Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana finger-pointing row, Chris Broad refused to leave the crease for over a minute after being given out caught behind, an incident that helped poison the 1987 Faisalabad Test.
Broad was 116 in the first innings of the first Test; expectations were high.
On day one of the second Test, England opener Chris Broad was given out caught behind off Iqbal Qasim by umpire Shakeel Khan. Broad believed he had not edged the ball and stood his ground for around a minute, refusing to walk off until his partner Graham Gooch eventually persuaded him. Manager Peter Lush imposed a fine on Broad after the day's play. The incident set the tone for a Test that would also include a series of disputed lbw decisions, a Pakistani belief that England were complaining about home umpires, and culminated two days later in the Mike Gatting and Shakoor Rana finger-pointing confrontation that nearly ended the tour. The Broad refusal-to-walk is often forgotten as the spark that put both sides on edge.
Caught behind off Iqbal Qasim
Stands at crease for around a minute
Gooch walks across to persuade him
Manager Peter Lush fines him after play
Sets stage for Gatting-Shakoor Rana
Day 1
Broad given caught behind
Standoff
Refuses to walk for around a minute
After play
Fined by manager Lush
Day 3
Gatting-Shakoor Rana row
“I knew I hadn't hit it. But I should have walked.”
“He was given out. He should have gone.”
Broad's fine was the first England disciplinary action of the tour but not the last.
An undisciplined moment from a senior England batsman that contributed materially to the Faisalabad meltdown.
The incident is often cited as the under-discussed precursor to the more famous Gatting confrontation; together they led to ICC's neutral-umpire experiments.
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