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Wahab Riaz comes from a privileged background. He studied at Aitchinson College, the prestigious, 129-year-old all-boys school located in Lahore, where the motto is Perseverance Commands Success. He was an enthusiastic swimmer and hockey player at school, and has grown into one of the worlds fastest bowlers, defying many barren pitches with his fury and adding a layer of raw menace to Pakistans bowling attack.His numbers - he averaged 34.66 before the Sharjah Test - dont quite do justice to his ability, and ever so often - such as during the Trent Bridge ODI in August, when he conceded 110 in his 10 overs - he can have a horror day. But while all that inconsistency might prevent him from being a great bowler, he is undoubtedly a bowler of great spells.On day three in Sharjah, he sparked another Test match to life just when it was drifting sleepily along, and just when the contest was slipping from Pakistans grasp. When he began his second spell of the day, West Indies were 311 for 7, leading by 30, and Kraigg Brathwaite and Devendra Bishoo had added 48 for the eighth wicket. Brathwaite was batting on 129.Brathwaite and the lower order could have extended the lead into truly uncomfortable territory for Pakistan, but that didnt happen. Wahab pinged Bishoo on the helmet with a bouncer before getting him caught behind in the fourth over of his spell. Then, in the space of 17 more reverse-swinging balls, he dismissed Alzarri Joseph and Shannon Gabriel as well, leaving Brathwaite stranded on 142 and limiting West Indies lead to 56.Wahab finished with figures of 5 for 88. It was only the second time he had taken a Test-match five-for.Its a good batting track, and obviously ball wasnt doing that much so we had to make plans for specific batsmen, but it didnt work, Wahab said at the end of the day. So we had to return to basics, and thankfully I finally got the reward.Yes, the five-wicket haul came after a long gap, but if you look, my debut match was in England and since then I have played major chunk of cricket in Asia. Pitches here arent sporting for the bowlers and you have do something unusual to take wickets, so I am happy with my progress and satisfied for fulfilling the teams plan.Wahab was returning to Pakistans attack after the team management rested him and Mohammad Amir for the second Test in Abu Dhabi in a bid to manage their workloads. Wahab said he had no issue going flat-out in the heat of the UAE, since it was his job to try and and coax life out of the slowest pitches.As far as workload is concerned, I know its really hard and I might be putting extra strain on my body, he said. But see, this is why I am representing Pakistan, as I am meant to give it all I have. I have a role to defy the pitch when other bowlers are not able to get something out of it. I am working hard even though it takes a lot out of me, but I am fit enough for this and I am happy playing such a role.Wahab said he was developing a good chemistry with Amir, his partner in left-arm pace.Obviously there is self-belief, and the trust has started to build up and we both communicate with each other regularly, Wahab said. Sometimes we as bowlers get frustrated and the other bowler comes to you and gives better advice. So we are sharing thoughts and applying each others tactical advice against batsmen, and its a good thing as a bowling unit.In the last hour of the day, Pakistans batting wobbled; they lost three wickets in the space of 17 balls to Jason Holder before their captain Misbah-ul-Haq fell playing an aggressive shot against the offspinner Roston Chase. It left them four down while still trailing by eight runs, before Azhar Ali and Sarfraz Ahmed saw them through to stumps with an unbroken stand of 39.Wahab said such things were part of cricket and it wouldnt be fair to blame the batsmen.Its cricket and it happens sometimes, he said. We are all working hard to win this Test match. I think somehow as batsmen and bowlers we lost our concentration for a while, maybe thinking that we will take back control and manage the situation. But we didnt execute well and we didnt capitalise, and lost our way. So I admit we made mistakes and it happens in cricket. Wholesale NFL Jerseys Gear . - The Oakland Raiders re-signed offensive lineman Khalif Barnes on Friday. Cheap NFL Jerseys Shop . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. http://www.nfljerseyschinastore.com/ . Its sharpness matched my mind. This was no night to go to sleep. 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I thought I know why it went wrong and if I can just tweak a couple of things, it could work.Ohuruogu won the bronze medal at the 4x400m relay in the 2016 Rio Olympics, running the final leg, and she has yet to decide whether she will run the individual 400m in 2017. It might not work, but Id rather go when Im happy to go and I dont think I was happy to walk away just yet, she said. Ohuruogu is targeting the World Championships in London in 2017 At first I thought I could just hang around and just train, but I thought If Im going to train, Im not going to put myself through all that pain jusst for a giggle, so let me give it another try.ddddddddddddve changed a couple of things. One of the problems I had last season was over-training, so Ive slashed my training week in half! Hopefully it will work, I dont know if it will but I spent a lot of time putting my sport first and now Id like to put myself and my sanity first.Ohuruogo was speaking at the launch of the Sporting Equals Leaderboard Academy which aim to aid sporting organisations to engage with - and recruit - a diverse range of ethnic talent onto their boards. Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson calls for greater diversity in sports boardrooms Recent figures suggest less than three per cent of such positions are taken up by people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities.Paralympic legend Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, who also spoke at the event, said: How much longer do we need to be sitting around talking about this and not giving people opportunities?If you dont see people who look like you sitting around the boardroom table you think that you dont have the option of doing it. 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