Bangladesh, Aug. 28 -- During Mughal era, Dacca was a vital bustling city situated near the eastern frontier of the vast empire - writes Rafiqul Ameer

Coming 1st September, Tuesday would be the 32nd death anniversary of former Pak cricketer Wallis Mathias.

Wallis who? Would be common reaction of most of the readers here. In fact, even in Karachi, where he played most of his cricket, he is a little-known figure now.

Certainly, there is nothing extraordinary about his test record. A middle order bat, he scored only 783 runs at a poor average of 23.72. His highest score of 77 came against WI at Kingston. But then in the same test, Sir Gary Sobers smashed 365* and Sir Conrad Hunte scored 260.

Yet, there is another test match between Pak a...