By Tawhid Qureshi

Effort ball: Shakib took nine wickets but Surrey still lost to Somerset
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GINGERLY STEPPING onto the playing area at Taunton’s County Ground, hands thrust deep into his pockets, Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh’s outstanding cricketer, ended weeks of speculation. His one-off appearance for Surrey, in the potential Championship-deciding fixture against Somerset, had been a closely guarded secret.
Surrey, no doubt mindful of criticism surrounding the opportunistic nature of the signing and ongoing controversy hanging over Shakib, only d...