Yarrow would remember this glorious day for the rest of his life. the second, day of the second test between England and Pakistan played at Trent Bridge in Nottingham; the first tour to England that Pakistan had made in their own right. Until the partition of India and the independence of Pakistan in 1947, cricketers from Punjab and other regions of the sub-continent that became Pakistan would have played under the aegis of India.
Yarrow had not been able to get to the first day of the Test when Pakistan were dismissed for 157 in their first innings, destroyed by the bowling of Bob Appleyard who removed four of Pakistan’s premier batsmen in the space of 26 balls. Overnight England were 121 for the loss of two wickets. That second morning, Ron Simpson,79 not out and Dennis Compton, 5 not
